French Open 2021 tennis: Order of play Day 1 – Naomi Osaka, Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev all in action

ByEurosport

Updated 30/05/2021 at 08:42 GMT

Day one sees former Grand Slam winners Naomi Osaka, Dominic Thiem and Victoria Azarenka all in action, while Britain's Dan Evans will be eyeing up a first-ever win at the tournament. The French Open is live on Eurosport. Watch every match live and ad-free on the Eurosport app and eurosport.co.uk.

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The French Open is here and day one sees Grand Slam winners in both the men's and women's draws. The reigning US Open and Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka begins her tournament as does Dominic Thiem. There is also British interest and some emerging talent to keep an eye on.

Here's what to expect on the first day in Paris.

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Top matches

After her media blackout, it appears as though the only time we’ll be seeing Osaka in Paris will be on court so all eyes will be on the second seed as she kicks off her pursuit of a fifth Grand Slam title against Patricia Maria Tig, who made a career-best third round appearance at last year’s tournament.

Potential upset

US open winner Dominic Thiem is a man out of form heading into the tournament having failed to make any inroads on clay leading up to Roland-Garros. Up against Pablo Andujar in his opener, there’s every chance the veteran Spaniard, who recently picked up a shock win over Roger Federer at the Geneva Open no less, could claim another big name scalp.

Elsewhere, third-seed Aryna Sabalenka faces off against qualifier Ana Konjuh of Croatia on Court Suzanne-Lenglen. The Belarusia, whose best showing at the French was the third round in 2020, is one of the favourites and is up third on the second show court.

Brit watch

British number one Dan Evans will be hoping to make it beyond the opening round in Paris for the first time in his career. Standing between him and a long-awaited win on the Paris clay on day one is 21-year-old Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic.

Next-Gen watch

Eurosport viewers may have seen Corentin Moutet emerge victorious at the Ultimate Tennis Showdown event last week, including picking up wins over Daniil Medvedev and Fabio Fognini. While of course it is not the most accurate indicator of what we can expect from the Frenchman but coming into the tournament on a high, the 22-year-old who reached the third round in 2019, will hope to go some way to at least matching that when he faces Serbian Laslo Djere on day one.