PARIS (Reuters) - Third seed Stan Wawrinka, the 2015 French Open champion, will be hoping his good claycourt form will spill over into the French Open first round when he takes on rank outsider Jozef Kovalik of Slovakia on Tuesday. Swiss Wawrinka enjoyed the best possible preparation for the French Open by claiming the title on Geneva's clay courts last week, and is the clear favourite against the 152nd-ranked player in the world. Local hero Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who also warmed up for the French Open in perfect style by securing his maiden claycourt title in Lyon, takes on world number 91 Renzo Olivo from Argentina. Britain's Johanna Konta, the seventh seed, meets Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh, knowing full well that the women's draw lacks several big names including Maria Sharapova, Viktoria Azarena and world number two Venus Williams. Men's top seed Andy Murray, Konta's compatriot, starts his tournament straight after her match, against Russia's Andrey Kuznetsov.

Source: The Star May 30, 2017 01:52 UTC