French Open glance

MONDAY’S SEEDED WINNERS: Men — No. 7 Dominic Thiem, No. 11 Diego Schwartzman, No. 12 Sam Querrey, No. 13 Roberto Bautista-agut, No. 20 Novak Djokovic, No. 29 Richard Gasquet, No. 31 Albert Ramos-vinolas. Women — No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 8 Petra Kvitova, No. 13 Madison Keys, No. 14 Daria Kasatkina, No. 15 Coco Vandeweghe, No. 19 Magdalena Rybarikova, No. 21 Naomi Osaka, No. 23 Carla Suarez-navarro, No. 31 Mihaela Buzarnescu.

MONDAY’S LOSERS: Men — No. 22 Philipp Kohlschreiber, No. 23 Stan Wawrinka, No. 29 Gilles Muller. Women — No. 20 Anastasija Sevastova, No. 29 Kristina Mladenovic.

LOOKAHEAD TO TUESDAY: Slam play following the birth of her daughter in September. She hasn’t played in a major since winning her 23rd Grand Slam title at the 2017 Australian Open. The three-time French Open champion plays Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech Republic. Also in the women’s first round, 2016 winner Garbine Muguruza plays another former French Open champion, Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova, who won in 2009. And No. 1 seed Simona Halep starts her French Open campaign against 83rdranked Alison Riske of the United States. On the men’s side, No. 1 seed Rafael Nadal will look to finish his rain-interrupted first-round match against Italy’s Simone Bolelli. The 10-time French Open champion is leading 6-4, 6-3, 0-3.

TUESDAY’S FORECAST: Rain and/or thunderstorms; high of 75 degrees. Rogerio Dutra Silva of Brazil 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, quickly recovering after dropping the opening two games.

Since winning the 2016 French Open to complete a career Grand Slam and become the first man in nearly a half-century to collect four consecutive major trophies, Djokovic has taken a step back. He has not added another major championship since, and after dealing with right elbow trouble for more than a year, he finally opted for surgery in February.

“I had to dig deep,” Djokovic said, discussing the work it took to try to rebuild his game.

“It has been difficult to face … the most, say, challenging injury that I have ever had. It’s been a long 12 months behind me, but I’m starting to play better, I feel like, in the past couple of weeks,” said Djokovic, who is being coached at Roland Garros by his former longtime mentor Marian Vajda. “Not thinking about the elbow. Playing pain-free, which is the most important thing at the moment.”