Chris Evert believes Simona Halep is the French Open favourite but warned the field to ‘look out’ for Coco Gauff.
That won’t be music to the ears of Britain’s Johanna Konta, the ninth seed and a semi-finalist in Paris last year, who has been tasked with facing the young American in the first round.
Gauff, 16, has never competed in the main draw at Roland Garros but has won the juniors title and has proven herself to be a major threat to big names at Grand Slams.
Venus Williams and Naomi Osaka are among those to have fallen to the young American in the early stages of Grand Slams but Evert, who won the French Open seven times, thinks she could go the distance at Roland Garros this year. (Metro)