After her quarter-final at the Australian Open, Alizé Cornet is eagerly awaited on clay in Paris, but she does not want to put pressure on herself and take advantage of what could be her last Roland-Garros. The Niçoise in any case passed without incident this Monday the first round against the Japanese Misaki Doi. Victory in two sets (6-2 / 6-0) of the 40th player in the world, who is therefore in the second round and is already doing better than last year when she was taken out in the first round.
Opposed to a winner of Roland-Garros in the 2nd round
Alizé Cornet has never passed the stage of the round of 16 in Paris. In the second round, the Niçoise will face the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, seeded number 13 and winner of Roland-Garros in 2017.