The Grandstand’s Ricky Dimon and Chris Skelton of Tennis View Magazine preview and pick four of the best men’s singles matches on Thursday at Roland Garros. Among those in second-round action are seeds Richard Gasquet and Andreas Seppi.

(1) Rafael Nadal vs. Dominic Thiem

Ricky: Thiem is not going to be afraid of this. He has certainly never seen anything like a match against Nadal on Philippe Chatrier, but the 20-year-old has gained some valuable experience this season. He has been to the third round of two Masters 1000s and an additional third round on the clay of Barcelona. Thiem also extended Andy Murray to three sets in Rotterdam–and that was before he really took his game to a new level this spring. Nadal is going to be too tough on red dirt, but Thiem has the game that can trouble the world No. 1 (aside from a single-handed…