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French Open: Women's first round draw

Serena Williams poses with her trophy near the Eiffel Tower after winning the women's final match of the Roland Garros 2015 French Open
Image: Serena Williams poses with her 2015 trophy

French Open: Women's first round draw:

Serena Williams (USA) (1) v Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk)

Teliana Pereira (Bra) v Kristyna Pliskova (Cze)

Samantha Crawford (USA) v Timea Babos (Hun)

Francesca Schiavone (Ita) v Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) (26)

Elina Svitolina (Ukr) (11) v  Sorana Cirstea (Rom)

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Johanna Konta in action during his first-round match in Rome
Image: Johanna Konta in action during his first-round match in Rome

Taylor Townsend (USA) v Amandine Hesse (Fra)

Kurumi Nara (Jpn) v Denisa Allertova (Cze)

Oceane Dodin (Fra) v Ana Ivanovic (Ser) (14)

Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) (12) v  Katerina Siniakova (Cze)

Qiang Wang (Chn) v Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (Fra)

Arina Rodionova (Aus) v Ana Konjuh (Cro)

Saisai Zheng (Chn) v Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) (22)

Andrea Petkovic (Ger) (28) v Laura Robson (Gbr)

Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) v Aleksandra Wozniak (Can)

Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) v  Sachia Vickery (USA)

Laura Robson is making steady progress after her wrist problems
Image: Laura Robson is back after recovering from a wrist injury

Karin Knapp (Ita) v Victoria Azarenka (Blr) (5)

Angelique Kerber (Ger) (3) v Kiki Bertens (Ned)

Alize Lim (Fra) v Camila Giorgi (Ita)

Ipek Soylu (Tur) v Virginie Razzano (Fra)

Anna-Lena Friedsam (Ger) v Daria Kasatkina (Rus) (29)

Johanna Konta (Gbr) (20) v Julia Goerges (Ger)

Monica Puig (Pur) v Olga Govortsova (Blr)

Daria Gavrilova (Aus) v Mariana Duque Marino (Col)

Donna Vekic (Cro) v Madison Keys (USA) (15)

Venus Williams (USA) (9) v Anett Kontaveit (Est)

Louisa Chirico (USA) v Lauren Davis (USA)

Alize Cornet (Fra) v Kirsten Flipkens (Bel)

Tatjana Maria (Ger) v Jelena Jankovic (Ser) (23)

Monica Niculescu (Rom) (31) v Pauline Parmentier (Fra)

Irina Falconi (USA) v Mona Barthel (Ger)

Laura Siegemund (Ger) v Eugenie Bouchard (Can)

Silvia Soler-Espinosa (Spa) v Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) (8)

Roberta Vinci (Ita) (7) v Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr)

Annika Beck (Ger) v Maryna Zanevska (Ukr)

Kerber celebrates another title during what is proving to be a superb 2016
Image: Angelique Kerber is a potential semi-final opponent for Williams

Coco Vandeweghe (USA) v Naomi Broady (Gbr)

Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) v Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) (25)

Karolina Pliskova (Cze) (17) v Shelby Rogers (USA)

Elena Vesnina (Rus) v Madison Brengle (USA)

Lara Arruabarrena (Spa) v Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe)

Danka Kovinic (Mne) v Petra Kvitova (Cze) (10)

Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) (13) v Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz)

Nicole Gibbs (USA) v Heather Watson (Gbr)

Cagla Buyukakcay (Tur) v Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr)

MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 05:  Simona Halep of Romania in action against Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania during day six of the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament
Image: Simona Halep of Romania is a real threat in the bottom half of the draw

Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa)  v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) (24)

Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) (27) v Varvara Lepchenko (USA)

Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) v Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom)

Myrtille Georges (Fra) v Christina McHale (USA)

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) v Garbine Muguruza (Spa) (4)

Simona Halep (Rom) (6) v Nao Hibino (Jpn)

Zarina Diyas (Kaz) v Carina Witthoeft (Ger)

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Cro) v Daniela Hantuchova (Svk)

Naomi Osaka (Jpn) v Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) (32)

Samantha Stosur (Aus) (21) v Misaki Doi (Jpn)

Shuai Zhang (Chn) v Galina Voskoboeva (Kaz)

Alison Riske (USA) v Viktorija Golubic (Swi)

Vitalia Diatchenko (Rus) v Lucie Safarova (Cze) (11)

Sara Errani (Ita) (16) v Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul)

Johanna Larsson (Swe) v Magda Linette (Pol)

Agnieszka Radwanska looks on in her semi-final against Serena Williams at the 2016 Australian Open
Image: Agnieszka Radwanska is seeded second in Paris

Veronica Cepede Royg (Par) v Sabine Lisicki (Ger)

Margarita Gasparyan (Rus) v Sloane Stephens (USA) (19)

Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) (30) v Lucie Hradecka (Cze)

Polona Hercog (Slo) v Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spa)

Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) v Caroline Garcia (Fra)

Bojana Jovanovski (Ser) v Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) (2)

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