Andrey Rublev gets his 2025 French Open campaign underway today with a first-round match against Lloyd Harris. The two players are set to face off for the third time on tour, but on paper, this is a complete mismatch in favor of the Russian. <\/p>
Harris has come through to the main draw on the back of three qualifying round wins, including a three-set win over former US Open Champion Marin Cilic. Despite the momentum from the qualifiers, Harris will have his work cut out for him in this first-round<\/a> match. <\/p> Rublev showed promise early in the season when he had a semi-final run at Open Occitanie in France, followed by a quarter-final at the ATP Rotterdam, before winning a title at the Qatar Open against Jack Draper in the final. <\/p> However, since then, the Russian suffered several early exits and was having a poor clay season until reaching the final at the Hamburg Open just last week. Rublev’s best performance at the French Open remains his quarter-final runs in 2020 and 2022. <\/p> On the other side of the net is South African Lloyd Harris, who has only featured in challenger-level tournaments, while failing to clear the qualifying rounds at other tournaments. Harris has managed to get as far as the second round at Roland Garros, and if his opponent is on his game today, it could be another early exit at the year’s second major.<\/p>Andrey Rublev vs Lloyd Harris Preview<\/h2>