It’s tough to envisage a French Open draw that would have looked too problematic for Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, and that’s largely the way things have turned out for the tournament favourites.
Federer begins his tournament with a first-round match against world No. 71 Peter Luczak, a player who after drawing Nadal in the first round of the Australian Open, must be wondering when he’s going to get the luck of the draw in a Grand Slam this year.
While there’s precious little common ground between the career of the Australian journeyman and the defending champion, they have both been on the receiving end of a loss to the up-and-coming Ernests Gulbis on clay this spring, though Federer was quick to avenge his defeat in the second round of the Rome Masters 1000 with a quarter-final win over the Latvian No. 1 in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters 1000.
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