last Frenchwoman in the running, Varvara Gracheva beats Irina-Camelia Begu and advances to the round of 16 for the first time in her career

They went blow for blow in the first set. And there wasn’t really a match in the second. As a result, there will indeed be two French people in the second week of Roland-Garros. After Corentin Moutet in the men’s draw, it was Varvara Gracheva (23 years old) who managed to qualify for the round of 16 of the French Open for the first time in her career thanks to her victory against the Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (127th in the world) in two sets (7-5, 6-3), Saturday June 1, on the Suzanne-Lenglen court. She will face the winner of the match between Mira Andreeva and Peyton Stearns in the round of 16.