Five-time Olympic medalist Quentin Fillon Maillet had a heavy hand on Thursday evening during the draw.
The king of clay, Rafael Nadal and his 13 titles at Roland-Garros, and the world number 1 and defending champion, Novak Djokovic, could thus meet in the quarter-finals for a final before the letter.
And if the Carlos Alcaraz phenomenon attracts all eyes, the favorites for the title are still living legends despite legitimate questions.
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By triumphing in Rome ten days ago, his first tournament for more than six months (Rolex Paris Masters), Novak Djokovic chased away many doubts and restarted the machine, rusty during the first quarter, where lack of vaccination the Serb took himself offside.
After the incredible soap opera of his expulsion from Australia, he only played three matches (in February in Dubai).
Worrying in Monte-Carlo in mid-April (entry defeat), it took him a month to regain his best level…
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