Emma Raducanu begins her French Open campaign on Sunday, the first day of the second grand slam of the season.
The British No 1 has had a disrupted build-up to Roland-Garros, having only played one clay-court match – a straight-sets defeat to Diane Parry in Strasbourg last week – after a two-month absence from the tour due to a post-viral illness.
Her lengthy lay-off has meant she has dropped down the rankings and has missed out on a seeding in Paris, where she faces a tricky opener against Argentina’s Solana Sierra.
The 21-year-old is ranked 68th in the world – 29 places below Raducanu – but is a clay-court specialist, having grown up playing on the surface.
The pair take to Court 13 third on Sunday, at approximately 2.10pm BST (3.10pm local time), with the likes of Olympic champions Belinda Bencic and Alexander Zverev, and 24-time major winner Novak Djokovic also in action on a busy opening day in Paris.
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Marta Kostyuk wins after emotional build-up
Ukrainian 15th seed Marta Kostyuk is the first top player through to the second round, having swept aside Oksana Selekhmeteva 6-2 6-3.
The recent Madrid champion gave an emotional on-court interview in which she revealed her parents’ home in Ukraine was narrowly outside the range of a missile strike.
She said: “I’m incredibly proud of myself today.
“I think it was one of the most difficult matches of my career. This morning, 100 metres away from my parents’ house [in Ukraine], a missile destroyed the building.
“It was a very difficult morning for me. I didn’t know how this match was going to turn around for me. I didn’t know how I would handle it.”
French Open schedule
The tournament main draw gets underway on Sunday 24 May. Finals weekend is across Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June.
- 18-23 May — Qualifiers
- 24–26 May — 1st Round
- 27–28 May — 2nd Round
- 29–30 May — 3rd Round
- 31 May – 1 June — Round of 16
- 2–3 June — Quarterfinals
- 4 June — Women’s Semifinals
- 5 June — Men’s Semifinals
- 6 June — Women’s Singles Final & Men’s Doubles Final
- 7 June — Men’s Singles Final & Women’s Doubles Final
Is the French Open on TV?
The tournament will be shown live on TNT Sports in the UK as well as online on HBO Max.
In the US, it will be shown live on TNT Sports, Max, and CNN.
French Open 2026
The second Grand Slam of the year is underway, with Jannik Sinner the hot favourite to claim the only major title he is yet to win.
With his only real rival and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz sidelined Sinner is widely expected to claim the title, although 24-time major winner Novak Djokovic will aim to peak, as he always does, for the biggest tournaments of the year.
The tournament kicks off on Sunday, with Djokovic getting his campaign underway in the first night session of the fortnight, and runs until finals weekend on the 6-7 June.
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The second grand slam of the year begins today, Sunday 24 May, with an action-packed day under the Parisian sun in store.
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