Confidence does not really reign in the French ranks for this new edition of Roland-Garros. If no player seems able to reach the second week of the Parisian tournament, we nevertheless hope for a good run for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who will bid farewell to the public. Richard Gasquet or Alizé Cornet can create the feat, but faced with the best players in the world, it seems very complicated to imagine a favorable outcome. However, despite this ambient pessimism, a young 19-year-old player has just made a whole group smile.
As she faced the world number two and defending champion at Roland-Garros, Barbora Krejcikova, the young 19-year-old French Diane Parry did the unthinkable by defeating the Czech player in three sets. A resounding feat, especially when you know what the pretty brunette went through before this victory. At the beginning of the year, it was slowed down in its progress by the virus which ruined our lives for almost two years. Unlucky, she caught covid twicebefore returning to top form for the Parisian Grand Slam tournament.
A great victory after several injuries
In addition to pandemic-related issues, Diane Parry has also suffered elbow and foot injuries in recent months, as we learn from The Team. Many physical glitches that could slow down the progression of the former world number 1 among juniors. Returned to her best level, she hopes to continue and was particularly satisfied after her match yesterday. “It’s never easy to play on this kind of court against the defending champion, I wanted to do well, too much, but then I was more aggressive, I let go of my shots, I didn’t had nothing to lose”explains the current 96th player in the world.