The tie-dyed duo have each rediscovered their 2020 form in Paris after arriving on four-match losing streaks.

Winless on clay in 2021, last year's finalist must find her game quickly or risk losing a bundle of rankings points.

Three-time Roland Garros winner Serena Williams opens against a former Top 25 player, while 2020 Roland Garros finalist Sofia Kenin takes on a former French Open champion.

There are no easy roads to Grand Slam titles on the women’s side these days. Who can survive seven rounds at the most grueling of all, in Paris?

The American No. 1 was also playing her first match since undergoing an appendectomy during the second week of the Australian Open.

"I had surgery in Australia. I had to get my appendix removed. I think that of course was unfortunate. I could use that time as a break to get it together," she told press from Miami.

If we were just counting raw points from the last 52 weeks, Daniil Medvedev would be just a few hundred points from No. 1, Andrey Rublev would be No. 3 and Victoria Azarenka, Iga Swiatek, Jennifer Brady and Elise Mertens would all be in the women’s Top 5.