Alizé Cornet, Gilles Simon and Hugo Gaston are also expected on Saturday to try to climb into the second week.
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They are only four. After the elimination of Diane Parry on Friday, all French hopes for the second week rest on the players present on the courts on Saturday 28 May. A day inaugurated by Léolia Jeanjean on the Suzanne-Lenglen from 11 am against the Romanian Irina Begu. After her feat against Karolina Pliskova, the Habs want to pursue her dream on the occasion of her first Roland-Garros.
He will then be succeeded by Alizé Cornet, Gilles Simon and Hugo Gaston, all on the Central. The Niçoise (40th) will be the favorite against the Chinese Qinwen Zheng (74th) while for “Gillou”, it could be her last at Roland-Garros. The former world number 7, who will face Croatian Marin Cilic, will retire at the end of the season. A day that will end with a match between hopes with Hugo Gaston and Holger Rune in the last rotation on the Philippe-Chatrier court.