{"id":1193,"date":"2013-05-24T11:22:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T11:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2015-09-20T02:17:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T06:17:03","slug":"atp-french-open-draw-djokovic-and-nadal-destined-to-meet-in-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/archive\/news\/atp-tennis\/atp-french-open-draw-djokovic-and-nadal-destined-to-meet-in-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"Mens French Open Draw: Djokovic and Nadal destined to meet in semis."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defending French Open champion Rafael Nadal was drawn in the same half as Word Number 1 Novak Djokovic today at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n<p>A dream final between the two is no longer possible with the pair destined to clash in semi-finals should they navigate the earlier rounds.<\/p>\n<p>The full draw is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUARTER 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Novak Djokovic (SRB) (1)<br \/>\nDavid Goffin (BEL)<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Dodig (CRO)<br \/>\nGuido Pella (ARG)<\/p>\n<p>Alex Kuznetsov (USA)<br \/>\nLucas Pouille (FRA)<\/p>\n<p>Alejandro Falla (COL)<br \/>\nGrigor DiMitrov (BUL) (26)<\/p>\n<p>Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) (22)<br \/>\nDmitry Tursunov (RUS)<\/p>\n<p>Bernard Tomic (AUS)<br \/>\nVictor Hanescu (ROU)<\/p>\n<p>Simone Bolelli (ITA)<br \/>\nYen-Hsun Lu (TPE)<\/p>\n<p>Qualifier<br \/>\nPhilipp Kohlschreiber (GER) (16)<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Haas (GER) (12)<br \/>\nGuillaume Rufin (FRA)<\/p>\n<p>Qualifier<br \/>\nGuillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)<\/p>\n<p>Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS)<br \/>\nRyan Harrison (USA)<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Berlocq (ARG)<br \/>\nJohn Isner (USA) (19)<\/p>\n<p>Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) (29)<br \/>\nPablo Andujar (ESP)<\/p>\n<p>Federico Delbonis (ARG)<br \/>\nQualifier<\/p>\n<p>Fernando Verdasco (ESP)<br \/>\nMarc Gicquel (FRA)<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Mahut (FRA)<br \/>\nJanko Tipsarevic (SRB) (8)<\/p>\n<p>[divider]<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUARTER 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rafael Nadal (ESP) (3)<br \/>\nDaniel Brands 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(LAT)<br \/>\nRogerio Dutra Silva (BRA)<\/p>\n<p>Igor Sijsling (NED)<br \/>\nJurgen Melzer (AUT)<\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Zopp (EST)<br \/>\nTommy Robredo (ESP) (32)<\/p>\n<p>Andreas Seppi (ITA) (20)<br \/>\nLeonardo Mayer (ARG)<\/p>\n<p>Blaz Kavcic (SLO)<br \/>\nQualifier<\/p>\n<p>Martin Alund (ARG)<br \/>\nEdouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)<\/p>\n<p>Qualifier<br \/>\nNicolas Almagro (ESP) (11)<\/p>\n<p>Milos Raonic (CAN) (14)<br \/>\nXavier Malisse (BEL)<\/p>\n<p>Qualifier<br \/>\nMichael Llodra (FRA)<\/p>\n<p>Qualifier<br \/>\nEvgeny Donskoy (RUS)<\/p>\n<p>Qualifier<br \/>\nKevin Anderson (RSA) (23)<\/p>\n<p>Marcel Granollers (ESP) (31)<br \/>\nFeliciano Lopez (ESP)<\/p>\n<p>Joao Sousa (POR)<br \/>\nGo Soeda (JPN)<\/p>\n<p>Qualifier<br \/>\nAlbert Montanes (ESP)<\/p>\n<p>Marinko Matosevic (AUS)<br \/>\nDavid Ferrer (ESP) (4)<\/p>\n<p>[divider]<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUARTER 4:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) (6)<br \/>\nAljaz Bedene (SLO)<\/p>\n<p>Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)<br \/>\nPaul-Henri 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