Tickets for the second week of Roland-Garros, this is what will be at stake, Saturday May 28, on the courts of the Porte d’Auteuil. If the tricolor clan has sometimes been conspicuous by its absence during this second part of the fortnight, especially last year, it is, this year, in a good position to send several of its representatives to this stage of the competition.
On the Philippe-Chatrier court, they will be three to try their luck in front of an audience totally committed to their cause. Alizé Cornet will open the ball in the second rotation against the Chinese Qinwen Zheng, lower ranked than her, two days after releasing the former winner of the French Open, Jelena Ostapenko (crowned in 2017) on this same center court.
Then will come the turn of Gilles Simon, who, since the beginning of the week, has been pushing back his farewell with the Parisian ocher. The Niçois, retired at the end of the season, will be opposed to Marin Cilic (seed number 20) whom he has already beaten six times for a single defeat. A reason for hope for the now 158th player in the world. Finally, Hugo Gaston will close the day against the young 19-year-old Dane, Holger Rune.
But, before all that, Léolia Jeanjean, revelation of this edition, will try to continue to climb the ladder. After a controlled first round against Nuria Parrizas Diaz, 45th player in the world, the Frenchwoman, a novice at Roland-Garros, offered herself the scalp of Karolina Pliskova, seeded number 8 and former world number one. Opposed to the Romanian Irina Begu, the native of Montpellier will discover, at the same time, the court Suzanne-Lenglen and its public.
The program of the Philippe-Chatrier court:
From 12 p.m.
Iga Swiatek (POL, seeded n°1)-Danka Kovinic (MTN)
Qinwen Zheng (PRC)-Alizé Cornet (FRA)
Gilles Simon (FRA)-Marin Cilic (CRO, n°20)
Not before 8:45 p.m.
Holger Rune (DAN)-Hugo Gaston (FRA)
The program of the Suzanne-Lenglen short:
From 11 a.m.
Irina Begu (ROU)-Leolia Jeanjean (FRA)
Miomir Kecmanovic (SER, n°28)-Daniil Medvedev (RUS, n°2)
Paula Badosa (ESP, n°3)-Veronika Kudermetova (RUS, n°29)
Mikael Ymer (SWE)-Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE, n°4)
The program of the Simonne-Mathieu court:
From 11 a.m.
Mackenzie Mcdonald (USA)-Jannik Sinner (ITA, n°11)
Camila Giorgi (ITA, n°28)-Aryna Sabalenka (BIE, n°7)
David Goffin (BEL)-Hubert Hurkacz (POL, n°12)
Madison Keys (USA, n°22)-Elena Rybakina (KAZ, n°16)
The program of short n°14:
From 11 a.m.
Andrey Rublev (RUS, n°7)-Cristian Garin (CHI)
Jessica Pegula (USA, #11)-Tamara Zidansek (SVQ)
Casper Ruud (NOR, n°8)-Lorenzo Sonego (ITA, n°32)
The program of short n°7:
From 11 a.m.
Shelby Rogers (USA)-Daria Kasatkina (RUS, n°20)