The French Open 2017 draw for the women's singles has revealed some mouthwatering fixtures at the quarter finals stage of Roland Garros. Canadian hottie Eugenie Bouchard will relatively have an easy start in the campaign as she is pitted against 23-year-old Japanese tennis player Risa Ozaki in the first round.
Ozaki never really made it to the main rounds of the French Open in the past.
With Serena Williams out as well as Maria Sharapova not awarded a wild card for the tennis grand slam tournament, the likes of Angelique Kerber, defending champion Garbine Muguruza hometown favourite Kristina Mladenovic or even Genie Bouchard could turn out to be the shock winners in the women's division.
Roland Garros 2017 starts May 28 and goes on until June 11
Kerber could very well meet Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals stage, while Karolina Pliskova could also clash swords with Britain's rising star Johanna Konta at that stage.
Here is the list of notable round 1 matches:
- Kerber vs Makarova
- Pliskova vs Zheng
- Halep vs Cepelova
- Muguruza vs Schiavone
- Kvitova vs Boserup
- Puig vs Vinci
- Keys vs Barty
Potentian quarter-final matches:
- Kerber vs Kuznetsova
- Muguruza vs Cibulkova
- Svitolina vs Halep
- Konta vs Pliskova
