The draw for the second Grand Slam of the year – which starts on Sunday – was made on Thursday in Paris and both Draper and Raducanu have tricky routes to the latter stages.
Draper, last year’s US Open semi-finalist, is on the same side of the draw as Jannik Sinner, who he could potentially face in the quarter-finals, plus Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic.
Raducanu, meanwhile, faces the threat of four-time French Open champion Iga Swiatek in the second round if they win their opening matches.
Raducanu, 22, will have to get past Wang, who she lost to in their only other meeting. The Chinese player ended the home favourite’s memorable run to the last 16 in her Wimbledon debut in 2021. Swiatek faces Rebecca Sramkova.
Sinner, returning to Grand Slam action after a doping suspension, faces France’s Arthur Rinderknech in the first round. Carlos Alcaraz, the man who beat Sinner to the title in his comeback tournament at the Italian Open and whom he has shared the last five Grand Slam titles with, takes on Kei Nishikori.
Another first-round match to watch will feature Japan’s Naomi Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion, and Spanish 10th seed Paula Badosa.










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