Australian Open: Why did French players Lucas Pouille and Chloé Paquet receive invitations to play in the tournament ?

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Semi-finalist in Melbourne in 2019, Frenchman Lucas Pouille (world number 101) and his compatriot Chloé Paquet (world number 124) will be directly included in the main draw of the Australian Open thanks to invitations, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) announced on Thursday, December 12.

“These latter benefit from an invitation as part of a reciprocal agreement between the FFT and Tennis Australia (Australian Tennis Federation) and provides for an exchange of wild cards between Roland-Garros and the Australian Open”, which will be played from January 12 to 26, 2025, the body specified in a press release.

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Thanks to these invitations, the two French players will directly enter the main draw without going through the qualifications, to which their current ranking destined them normally.

With these invitations, at least thirteen French men and five French women will line up at the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, according to the list of participants revealed at the beginning of December by the organizers.