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PARIS — It won’t be easy for Canada’s Milos Raonic if he makes it through the first few rounds of the French Open.

The fifth seed from Thornhill, Ont., could potentially meet Grigor Dimitrov in the round of 16 and may face clay-court legend Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals. Raonic, who’s in the bottom of the draw in the same half as defending champion Novak Djokovic, will open against world No. 38 Steve Darcis of Belgium.

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Raonic reached the fourth round at Roland Garros last year before falling to Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas. He lost to Nadal in the quarter-finals at the Australian Open in January.

On Friday, Raonic lost in the semifinals at the Lyon Open. Tomas Berdych beat the top-seeded Raonic 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2).

There are two Canadians entered in women’s singles play. Eugenie Bouchard of Montreal is set to open against No. 72 Risa Ozaki of Japan while Montreal’s Francoise Abanda qualified for the main draw Friday with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Su Jeong Jang of South Korea.

It’s unclear if the 56th-ranked Bouchard will be able to play because of an ankle injury she suffered at this week’s Nuremberg Cup. Abanda, the world No. 191, will open against No. 264 Tessah Andrianjafitrimo of France. She post on Twitter Friday which seemed to indicate she would try to play.