Odds ahead of the tournament in Paris

Many of the world’s best tennis players will descend on Paris this week for the French Open.

The premier clay court tournament always provides thrills and ahead of the action, the Coral News Team have looked at the contenders for the men’s and women’s titles…

Men’s Draw

The big question heading into this year’s event is, as ever, can anyone stop Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros? He’s the 4/9 favourite to win an 11th French Open title, which would extend his own record.

The Spaniard has an astonishing record of 79 wins and just two losses at this event. The clay surface and five-set matches suit him perfectly.

In the absence of Roger Federer, Alexander Zverev could be his biggest threat. The talented German is 7/1 second-favourite. However, he did lose to Nadal in last weekend’s Italian Open final.

The recently-crowned world number one also beat Novak Djokovic on his way to glory in Rome. Djokovic has endured a tough time since winning the French Open in 2016. But he looked more like his old self in the semi-final loss to Nadal.

The Serbian has beaten the defending champion seven times on clay. He’s an 11/1 outsider but has the talent and experience to beat anyone.

Other than Djokovic, only one active player has beaten Nadal at least three times on clay – 9/1 shot Dominic Thiem. The 24-year-old ended the top seed’s winning run of 50 consecutive sets on clay last month.