Djokovic to play Lu in Roland Garros opener

PARIS - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the current world number one in men's tennis, was on Friday drawn to play Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei in the Roland Garros opener.

Djokovic could face arch-rival Rafael Nadal of Spain in the semi-finals.

Janko Tipsarevic will face Canada's Milos Raonic, Dusan Lajovic will face Denis Kudla of the United States, with Viktor Troicki drawn to play Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.

Serbia's top-ranked female tennis player Ana Ivanovic will play young Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin in the first round, with Jelena Jankovic to face Germany's Tatjana Maria.

Ivanovic's and Jankovic's compatriot Bojana Jovanovski will face the toughest challenge, having been drawn to play world number two Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.

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