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Griekspoor drawn against Arnaldi, Van de Zandschulp to meet Cerundolo at French Open

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Paul Winters

Published 4 weeks ago

Tallon Griekspoor was drawn against Matteo Arnaldi in Thursday's draw of the first round of the upcoming French Open.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/griekspoor-tallon/f3zfMU5i/"]Griekspoor[/a], ranked 31st in the ATP Rankings, has been struggling since withdrawing from the Dubai final in February with a hamstring injury. The highest-ranked Dutchman has won just three of his 10 games since, with two of those wins coming at the Bordeaux challenger this month.[/p][p]Griekspoor collected just one win from the Masters tournaments in Monte Carlo, Madrid, and Rome, beating [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dzumhur-damir/hMrlbuuQ/"]Damir Dzumhur[/a] in the Spanish capital in April.[/p][image alt="Tallon Griekspoor's recent results" id="c812b2cf-c714-4d56-8a32-9ddd688f05da" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="4ec72590-69e4-4cc4-8e6b-105f603964ad" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]In [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arnaldi-matteo/hlVLAfZK/"]Matteo Arnaldi[/a], Griekspoor has drawn an opponent he's never faced before. The 96th-ranked Italian has reached the second round of a Grand Slam just twice since reaching the fourth round of the 2024 French Open, but recently won the Cagliari challenger after beating [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hurkacz-hubert/zuHOBnY9/"]Hubert Hurkacz[/a] in the final on May 3rd.[/p][p]With a win over Arnaldi, Griekspoor would meet the winner of the match between [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muller-alexandre/nLLdS9q0/"]Alexandre Muller[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tsitsipas-stefanos/hb6oWfc6/"]Stefanos Tsitsipas[/a]. Other seeded players on Griekspoor's side of the bracket are [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bublik-alexander/t0WN9vR6/"]Alexander Bublik[/a] (ATP-9) and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tiafoe-frances/AHDLJaph/"]Frances Tiafoe[/a] (ATP-19), while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sinner-jannik/6HdC3z4H/"]Jannik Sinner[/a] could be a potential opponent in the quarterfinals.[/p][h2]Van de Zandschulp against Cerundolo[/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-de-zandschulp-botic/YwiLpILD/"]Botic van de Zandschulp[/a] will face 27th-ranked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cerundolo-francisco/lWQ3G6gB/"]Francisco Cerundolo[/a] in the first round of the French Open. The pair have met three times before, with their latest match in Munich going Cerundolo's way in just over an hour.[/p][p]Van de Zandschulp has not reached the third round of the French Open since 2022, with the 53rd-ranked Dutchman losing in the first round in each of the last three editions. Cerundolo, meanwhile, fell to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diallo-gabriel/2TgBLj6G/"]Gabriel Diallo[/a] in the first round of last year's French Open, but reached the fourth round in 2024 and 2023.[/p][p]With a win, Van de Zandschulp will face a wild card in the second round, with the winner of the match between home heroes [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gaston-hugo/hGqnSub7/"]Hugo Gaston[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/monfils-gael/fm7G8o0m/"]Gael Monfils[/a]. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/medvedev-daniil/O8qG0Nhb/"]Daniil Medvedev[/a] is the projected third-round matchup, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/auger-aliassime-felix/CzXh4LAb/"]Felix Auger-Aliassime[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nakashima-brandon/ETGnbrpH/"]Brandon Nakashima[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/norrie-cameron/pvzhJGY8/"]Cameron Norrie[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vacherot-valentin/rFqoSYd8/"]Valentin Vacherot[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cobolli-flavio/zDtaCcPe/"]Flavio Cobolli[/a], and Learner Tien are the other seeded players in Van de Zandschulp's section of the bracket.[/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/atp-singles/french-open/"]Check the full French Open draw on Flashscore[/a][/h2][image alt="The last three H2H results" id="a241e852-1d0b-4249-95c6-d15f0d381e06" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="3abccce0-7072-4f8b-a529-5829ca948372" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /]

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