A very glum looking Rafa took the first official press conference today after the draw. He's managed to to stay out of the same side as Nole (poor Feds ... LOL!!), but still has some potentially difficult matches. Below are the draw details from Rafa's website ...
"The French Open draw is out, and these are the players that will be standing on Rafa’s way to a fifth consecutive RG title. In the first round, Rafa will commence his bid against a qualifier, and if he wins, either Igor Kunitsyn or Teimuraz Gabashvili will be waiting for him in the next.
Looking ahead, he could potentially meet former world No.1 Lleyton Hewitt in the 3rd round, compatriot David Ferrer in the fourth, and Fernando Verdaso in the quarterfinals.
The World No.1 would be happy to know that he is sharing the top half of the draw with Andy Murray (who he could meet in a hypothetical semifinal), while Roger Federer has been drawn to meet Novak Djokovic in the semis, should all of them get that far.
“Paris has always been very special to me and I have beautiful memories of my victories here. [At the same time] I’ve had a great start to the clay season and I feel like I’ve arrived in Roland Garros well prepared. I will try to do the best I can to win again, but right now, I’m just concentrating on training well,” said Rafa yesterday after an exhibition match at the Paris Masters Guinot Mary Cohr tournament, which he won 6-3 6-3, against Arnaud Clément.
“We will see if I’m ready to win or not, but there is no doubt that it would be a dream to win here again for the fifth time”."
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