The increase in the men’s singles draw to 12 players means that world No.1 Alfie Hewett and world No.4 Gordon Reid both have first round byes. It’s 15 years since Shuker made a winning French Open match debut, beating former world No.1 Maaike Smit in her first ever women’s singles match in Paris, but a second win has since proved elusive, with world No.5 Shuker returning to Roland Garros this year for the sixth time and the first time since 2016. Meanwhile, the quad division draw has also increased, from four to eight players, with Britain’s 15-time Grand Slam champion and 2020 Roland Garros singles finalist Andy Lapthorne also starting his campaign against Dutch opposition when he plays world No.1 Niels Vink on Wednesday. Track the brits results at the french open The women’s and men’s wheelchair draw sizes in Paris have both been expanded to 12 players this year, four more than the traditional draw size of eight that has previously featured at every Grand Slam wheelchair event since 2002. Lucy Shuker begins the British wheelchair tennis challenge at the French Open on Tuesday, when she faces 2015 women’s singles champion Jiske Griffioen to start an historic week that will see 32 of the world’s top women’s, men’s and quad players contest a Grand Slam for the first time.
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