French Open: Roger Federer to play Lorenzo Sonego on return to Paris

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Swiss great Roger Federer’s first French Open since 2015 will begin against Italian Lorenzo Sonego.

 

Defending champion Rafael Nadal will play a qualifier, while top seed Novak Djokovic meets Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz.

 

In the women’s draw, 2018 winner Simona Halep of Romania faces Australian Ajla Tomljanovic.

 

British number one Johanna Konta – seeded 26th – faces a qualifier, while male counterpart Kyle Edmund meets home hope Jeremy Chardy.

 

British men’s number two Cameron Norrie will play controversial Australian Nick Kyrgios, while Dan Evans takes on Spaniard Fernando Verdasco.

 

Katie Boulter was thought to have pulled out of the tournament earlier this month because of a back injury – although there is confusion after the 22-year-old Briton’s name appeared in Thursday’s draw and put her against Croatian 23rd seed Donna Vekic.

 

The French Open – the second Grand Slam of the year and the only one on clay – starts on Sunday.