Australian Open: discover the draw for the Blues for the first round of the Grand Slam

Jean-Baptiste Sarrazin 6:40 p.m., January 12, 2023

The French men and women were not spared by the draw for the Australian Open, the first tennis Grand Slam of the year which will be held from January 16 to 29 and whose results will be commented on every evening in the 

program (from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.).

The number 1 tricolor Caroline Garcia (4th in the world), in search of her first major title, could face in the second round Alizé Cornet (34th), quarter-finalist last year and the only other Frenchwoman qualified directly for the main draw by her ranking (Diane Parry obtained an invitation).

For Garcia, the road to a first Major will not be easy: after Cornet, she could face, following the logic of the WTA ranking, the Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (28th), the Estonian Anett Kontaveit (17th), the Russian Daria Kasatkina (8th), who pushed him to his last limits at the WTA Masters, the Tunisian Ons Jabeur (2nd) and finally the undisputed number 1, the Polish Iga Swiatek.

Clara Burel (131st) and Selena Janicijevic (185th) for their part passed the three qualifying rounds, unlike Kristina Mladenovic (152nd), who lost in the third round.

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Among the gentlemen, fate brought Richard Gasquet (67th) and Ugo Humbert (108th) to entry and was not lenient with Quentin Halys (64th), who inherited Stefanos Tsitsipas (4th).

Blue number 1 Adrian Mannarino (43rd) will start against the great American server John Isner (42nd).

After qualifying, Laurent Lokoli (176th) and Enzo Couacaud (190th) enter the main draw.

Badly classified, the tricolors therefore fall, or could fall on the big seeds quickly.

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The fate put on the road of the seeded number 4 of the tournament the Spaniard Roberto Carballes (75th) in the first round then, if we follow the logic of the classification, the Bolivian Hugo Dellien (132nd), the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov ( 29th), the Spaniard Pablo Carreno (15th), the Russian Andrey Rublev (6th) and the Norwegian Casper Ruud (3rd), for a final in apotheosis against Nadal (2nd), who became seeded number 1 after the withdrawal of his compatriot Carlos Alcaraz.

On the women's side, in the absence of defending champion Ashleigh Barty of Australia, who retired, and after the last-minute withdrawal of pregnant Naomi Osaka, only two players won the tournament: Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (25th) and the American Sofia Kenin (280th)… And twist of fate, the two players will face each other in the first round.

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In total, 18 French men and women will participate in the first round of the Australian Open

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Gentlemen (13)

Arthur Rinderknech (FRA/45th in the world) - Qualified

Quentin Halys (FRA/64th) - Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE/4th)

Grégoire Barrère (FRA / 88th) - Tomas Etcheverry (ARG / 80th)

Luca van Assche (FRA/142nd) - Cameron Norrie (GBR/12th)

Constant Lestienne (FRA / 65th) - Thiago Monteiro (BRA / 69th)

Corentin Moutet (FRA / 51st) - Yibing Wu (CHN / 116th)

Jérémy Chardy (FRA / unclassified) - Daniel Galan (COL / 68th)

Richard Gasquet (FRA / 67th) - Ugo Humbert (108th)

Benjamin Bonzi (FRA/50th) - Qualified

Adrian Mannarino (FRA / 43rd) - John Isner (USA / 42nd)

Laurent Lokoli (FRA/176th) - David Goffin (BEL/53rd)

Enzo Couacaud (FRA / 190th) - Hugo Dellien (BOL / 132nd)

Ladies (5)

Diane Parry (FRA / 107th) - Taylor Townsend (USA / 136th)

Alizé Cornet (FRA / 34th) - Leylah Fernandez (CAN / 39th)

Caroline Garcia (FRA/4th) - Qualified

Clara Burel (FRA / 131st) - Talia Gibson (AUS / 340th)

Selena Janicijevic (FRA / 185th) - Kaja Juvan (SLO / 106th)