De Minaur headline change sees Wawrinka face Jesper de Jong
de minaur is in the spotlight on French Open Day 2, where Stan Wawrinka will now face lucky loser Jesper de Jong in the first round. Wawrinka had been slated to play Arthur Fils before the matchup shifted, and that turns one of the day’s men’s singles matches into a different test.
Day 2 includes 24 men’s singles matches as the first round moves into its main section. Wawrinka’s switch from Fils to de Jong is the clearest change on that slate, because it resets the opening round for one of the event’s most recognizable names.
Wawrinka and de Jong
Jesper de Jong enters as a lucky loser, while Wawrinka now has a different opponent than the one originally listed for the match. That is the practical change for this section of the draw: preparation that had been built around Fils now has to account for de Jong’s place in the bracket.
The matchup also gives de Jong an immediate opportunity that did not exist when the day’s matches were first outlined. For Wawrinka, the opponent change comes without any change to the round itself, which keeps the focus on adapting quickly rather than resetting the schedule.
Day 2 matchups
The Wawrinka shift sits inside a broader Day 2 card that includes Francisco Cerundolo against Botic van de Zandschulp, Emilio Nava against Camilo Ugo Carabelli, and Alexander Shevchenko against Alex Michelsen. Those matchups were part of the same first-round slate as the Wawrinka meeting, giving the day a packed opening section.
Three writers predicted Cerundolo to beat van de Zandschulp in 4, 2, or 3 sets, while two writers picked Ugo Carabelli to beat Nava in 4 sets. Michelsen against Shevchenko drew a split read as well, with two writers backing Michelsen in 4 sets and one calling for Shevchenko in 5.
French Open first-round picture
Those picks show how tight several of the Day 2 matches were viewed, but the Wawrinka change is the one concrete alteration in the draw. De Jong moves in as the lucky loser, Fils moves out of the opening-round pairing, and the first round carries on with a different opponent in place.
For readers tracking the French Open draw, the main takeaway is simple: Wawrinka’s first-round assignment is now de Jong, not Fils, and that is the matchup to follow as Day 2 pushes deeper into the opening round.
