Paris [France], The much-awaited French Open 2024 tennis tournament gets underway at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France on Monday. The main draw matches in the second Grand Slam of the year will start from May 26. Sumit Nagal has confirmed his place in the main draw of men's singles with his career-high world ranking of 80. He is the first Indian male player to qualify for this. The 26-year-old Nagal recently defeated world No. 38 Matteo Arnoldi at the Monte Carlo Masters, becoming the first Indian to qualify for the main draw of an ATP Masters 1000 tournament after Prajnesh Gunneswaran in 2019. Became a tennis player.The center of attraction in the men's singles in 42 years will be Spain's 'King of Clay' Rafael Nadal and Serbia's world number 1 Novak Djokovic. Nadal missed last year's French Open for the first time since 2004 due to abdominal muscle pain. The Spaniard has won a record 14 French Open titles, while his Serbian rival won his record 24th Grand Slam men's singles title at the French Open last year. Get ahead of Nadal. This is Djokovic's third title win over Roland Garros. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have played many memorable matches at Roland Garros over the years.World number three player Carlos Alcaraz of Spain is also expected to be a strong contender. He has made it to the semi-finals. -Former US champion Daniil Medvedev and former Australian Open winner Janney Sinner, before losing to eventual champion Djokovic last year, are also drawn in the men's doubles along with two-time French Open runner-up and world No. 6 Casper Ruud. Rohan Bopanna, ranked fourth in the world ranking, and Matthew Ebden of Australia, ranked third in the world ranking, will be among the strong contenders for the title. They are the defending Australian Open champions and are the second seeds behind Spain's Marcel Granollers and Argentina's Horacio Zeballos.Yuki Bhambri will pair with France's Albano Olivetti, while Sumit Nagal will compete in the men's doubles with Austria's Sebastian Oefner. While Anirudh Chandrashekhar-Arjun Kadhe and Ritwik Choudhary Bolipalli-Niki Kalianda Poonach are the two all-Indian pairs in this category, the action in the women's singles is expected to be led by world No. 1 three-time French Open champion Iga Swiatek of Poland. Won the French Open in 2022 and 2023 and is heading into Roland Garros after winning the Madrid Open earlier this month. However, players like Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Elena Rybakina are in the running for the prize at the French Open 202 Indian tennis players for the prize Men's Singles: Sumit Naga Men's Doubles: Rohan Bopanna-Matthew Ebden (AUS), Yuki Bhambri-Albano Olivet (FRA ), Sumit Nagal-Sebastian Offner (AUT), Sriram Balaji-Miguel Angel Rey Varela (MEX), Anirudh Chandrasekhar-Arjun Kadhe, Ritwik Choudhary Bollipalli-Nick Kalianda Poonacha.