JAKARTA - Indonesia's mainstay tennis player, Janice Tjen, will meet with the United States tennis player, Emma Navarro, in her debut appearance at the Roland Garros Grand Slam which will take place starting this weekend.
Janice, who is currently ranked 41st in the world, and Navarro, who is ranked 39th in the world, will begin their journey in the biggest clay court tournament on Sunday, May 24, 2026.
Janice greeted the Roland Garros Grand Slam with some unsatisfactory results on clay, which should have been a good preparation for flying to Paris to face the third Grand Slam of his career or the second this year.
The Jakarta-born tennis player appeared in a total of four clay court tournaments before going to France. He started from the Charleston Open, then flew to Madrid, then moved to Italy, and finally played in the WTA 250 Morocco Open.
Janice appeared as the first seed in Rabat, but had to return early in the second round of the tournament. He suffered a defeat in a three-set match against Camila Osorio of Colombia, which ended with a score of 3-6, 6-3, and 0-6.
The path that Janice will take at Roland Garros will not be easy if he manages to get past the first round. If this scenario happens, he will most likely meet the 17th seed, Iva Jovic.
Jovic from the United States will try to get through the first round by facing the Filipino player, Alexandra Eala, who is currently one place above Navarro in the WTA rankings.
If he can go far into the third round, Janice will face a much more difficult test. There, he could face the 16th seed, Naomi Osaka - a Japanese player who has ever ranked first in the world and has collected four Grand Slam titles.
In the draw released, the top seed for the women's singles at Roland Garros 2026 was occupied by the world number one, Aryna Sabalenka. Meanwhile, the second seed was occupied by Elena Rybakina who managed to win the Australian Open earlier this year.
Former world number one from Poland, Iga Swiatek, got the third seed. He was followed by Coco Gauff as the fourth seed, who came to Paris with the status of defending champion.
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