Roland Garros 2013 Begins Sunday!

The only grand slam on clay begins Sunday!

While one returning contender comes back, another one withdraws. Former French Open men's singles champion Rafa Nadal is back after missing over a year with a knee injury. Novak Djokovic has the top seed.

Defending Roland Garros champion in women's singles Maria Sharapova will be second seed in singles, whilst Serena Williams garnered the top seed.

With that in mind...notable first round singles matches...

MEN
(1) Novak Djokovic v David Goffin
(2) Roger Federer v Pablo Carreno Busta
(3) Rafa Nadal v Daniel Brands
(4) David Ferrer v Marinko Matosevic
(5) Tomas Berdych v Gael Monfils
(6) Jo Wilfried Tsonga v Aljaz Bezene
(7) Richard Gasquet v Sergiy Stakhovsky
(8) Janko Tipsarevic v Nicolas Mahut
(9) Stan Wawrinka v Thiemo de Bakker
(10) Marin Cilic v Philipp Petschner
(11) Nicolas Almagro v Andreas Haider Mauer
(12) Tommy Haas v Guillaume Rufin
(13) Ken Nishikori v Jesse Levine
(14) Milos Raonic v Xavier Malisse
(15) Gilles Simon v Lleyton Hewitt
(16) Philipp Kohlschreiber v Jiri Vesely
(18) Sam Querrey v Lukas Lacko
(19) John Isner v Carlos Berlocq
(21) Jerzy Janowicz v Albert Ramos
(22) Alex Dolgopolov v Dmitry Tursonov
(23) Kevin Anderson v Illya Marchenko
(24) Benoit Paire v Marcos Baghdatis
(25) Jeremy Chardy v Benjamin Becker
(26) Grigor Dimitrov v Alejandro Falla
(29) Mikhail Youzhny v Pablo Andujar
(30) Julien Benneteau v
Fernando Verdasco v  Marc Gicquel
Ryan Harrison v Andrey Kuznetsov
Bernard Tomic v Victor Hanescu
James Blake v Viktor Troicki
Jack Sock v Guillermo Garcia Lopez
Lukas Rosol v Pere Riba
Jurgen Melzer v Igor Sijsling
Radek Stepanek v Nick Kyrgios
Robin Haase v Kenny de Schepper
Michael Llodra v Steve Darcis
Gilles Muller v Roberto Bautista Agut
Nikolay Davydenko v Florent Serra
Joao Sousa v Go Soeda
Ernests Gulbis v Rogerio Dutra Silva
Jarko Nieminen v Paul Henri Mathieu

WOMEN
(1) Serena Williams v Anna Tatishvili
(2) Maria Sharapova v Su Wei Hsieh
(3) Victoria Azarenka v Elena Vesnina
(4) Agnieszka Radwanska v Shahar Peer
(5) Sara Errani v Arantxa Rus
(6) Na Li v Anabel Medina Garrigues
(7) Petra Kvitova v Aravane Rezai
(8) Angelique Kerber v Mona Barthel
(9) Sam Stosur v Kimiko Date Krumm
(10) Caroline Wozniacki v Laura Robson
(11) Nadia Petrova v Monica Puig
(12) Maria Kirilenko v Nina Bratchikova
(13) Marion Bartoli v Olga Govortsova
(14) Ana Ivanovic v Petra Martic
(15) Roberta Vinci v Stephanie Foretz Gacon
(16) Dominika Cibulkova v Lesia Tsurenko
(17) Sloane Stephens v Karin Knapp
(18) Jelena Jankovic v Daniela Hantuchova
(19) Anastasia Pavlyunchenkova v Andrea Hlavackova
(20) Carla Suarez Navarro v Simona Halep
(21) Kirsten Flipkens v Flavia Pennetta
(22) Ekaterina Makarova v Svetlana Kuznetsova
(24) Julia Goerges v Zuzana Kucova
(25) Lucie Safarova v Jamie Hampton
(26) Sorana Cirstea v Kiki Bertens
(27) Yaroslava Shvedova v Coco Vandeweghe
(28) Tamira Paszek v Melanie Oudin
(29) Varvara Lepchenko v Mirjana Lucic Baroni
(30) Venus Williams v Urszula Radwanska
(31) Alize Cornet v Maria Joao Koehler
(32) Sabine Lisicki v Sofia Arvidsson
Francesca Schiavone v Melinda Czink
Romina Oprandi v Elina Svitolina
Bethanie Mattek Sands v Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Tsvetana Pironkova v Eugenie Bouchard
Yanina Wickmayer v Anna Karolina Schimedlova
Heather Watson v Stefanie Voegele
Elena Baltacha v Marina Erakovic
Shuai Peng v Camila Giorgi
Ashleigh Barty v Lucie Hradecka
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova v Bojana Jovanovski
Christina McHale v Jana Cepelova
Vania King v Alexandra Cadantu
Madison Keys v Misaki Doi
Virginie Razzano v Claire Feuerstein
Johanna Larsson v Monica Niculescu

All 15 days of Roland Garros 2013 is live here in the states on NBC, Tennis Channel and the ESPN networks. For best results try a) Radio Roland Garros (on the French Open web site) or b) for those here in the states with DIRECTV, there's a French Open Mix Channel, with six channels of action, along with US network feeds.