The second Grand Slam of the 2016 season is upon us as the players take to the red clay courts at the Stade de Roland Garros. Novak Djokovic will start as favourite to complete a career Grand Slam after a stellar season thus far, but the return to form of Rafael Nadal and the threat of Stanislas Wawrinka is not to be ignored.

Roger Federer withdrew his entry after failing to recover from a back injury he sustained ahead of the Mutua Madrid Open in the beginning of May.

The men's and women's singles draws took place on Friday (20 May) and with Federer's withdrawal, Nadal was moved up to 4th seed, which will see him on a collision course with Djokovic in the semi-finals if they win their respective matches up to that point.

On the women's singles front, Serena Williams returns as the top seed and defending champion. The World No 1 won her first title in over seven months when she claimed the Rome Masters title leading up to the French Open. Williams will be the favourite, but will face some tough competitors in Victoria Azarenka, Angelique Kerber and Garbine Muguruza.

Maria Sharapova, the 2014 French Open champion, is the biggest casualty after the Russian failed a drug test and is currently awaiting decision on the length of her ban.

#JoySports takes a look at the top five seeds in the men's and women's singles competition and their first round matches.

Where to Watch Live

The tournament starts at 8.30am BST from Sunday, 22 May to Monday, 5 June. The only channel to legally watch in Ghana is on SuperSport. As they've done for several years, your world of champions will be serving the games live and in copious repeats if you miss it! SuperSport 6 (channel 206) will be the dedicated channel for this year's event, but you can also get the summaries on SuperSport Blitz (channel 200). Yes, they'll be in HD too.

Regular updates and live scores are also available on this website. And on the Joy News channel, you can updates throughout the period.

Men's Singles

Seed - Player

1 Novak Djokovic vs Yen-Hsun Lu

2 Andy Murray vs Radek Stepanek

3 Stan Wawrinka vs Lucas Rosol

4 Rafael Nadal vs Sam Groth

5 Kei Nishikori vs Simone Bollelli

Women's Singles

Seed - Player

1 Serena Williams vs M Rybarikova

2 A Radwanska vs B Jovanovski

3 A Kerber vs K Bertens

4 G Muguruza vs AK Schmiedlova

5 V Azarenka vs K Knapp

QUICK REMINDER (All times GMT)

Sunday, May 22: 8 a.m.- 7 p.m. (first round)

Monday, May 23: 9 a.m.- 7 p.m. (first round)

Tuesday, May 24: 9 a.m.- 7 p.m. (first round)

Wednesday, May 25: 9 a.m.- 7 p.m. (second round)

Thursday, May 26: 9 a.m.- 7 p.m. (second round)

Friday, May 27: 9 a.m.- 7 p.m. (third round)

Saturday, May 28: 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. (third round)

Sunday, May 29: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (fourth round)

 

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