After an unconvincing first day for the French at Roland-Garros, with only one victory in six games, the results are more positive on Monday, May 23. In the women’s draw in particular, three Tricolors join the second round, including the young Diane Parry, who fell for the defending champion. Among the men, Corentin Moutet is the only Frenchman among the six entered to win, while Richard Gasquet, Benoît Paire and Arthur Rinderknech saw their matches interrupted because of the rain.
Diane Parry signs the feat of the day
After the eliminations of Ons Jabeur and Garbine Muguruza, a new seed was dropped on Monday. The world number 2 and defending champion, Barbora Krejcikova, was eliminated by the French Diane Parry in three sets (1-6, 6-2, 6-3). At 19, the Habs signs the best performance of his career.
Ranked 291st last year, she was then invited and then eliminated in the first round of Roland-Garros. Since then, she has moved up almost 200 places, which allowed her to enter directly into the final draw. Abused in the first set, she reversed the trend and took advantage of the support of the public at the Philippe-Chatrier court to eliminate the Czech, who was returning to competition after an elbow injury. Diane Parry will face Colombian Camila Osorio, 66th in the world.
Léolia Jeanjean and Elsa Jacquemot honor their invitation
Both ranked beyond the 200th place in the world and invited by the organizers, Léolia Jeanjean and Elsa Jacquemont took full advantage of the opportunity. At 26, Jeanjean won her first Grand Slam victory against the Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz, 45th player in the world (6-4, 6-3).
Former gifted tennis player, who crushed the competition at the start of adolescence, Léolia Jeanjean had seen her progress hampered by injuries and then by the Covid-19, before fully launching her professional career in 2021. She can savor a great victory acquired in particular thanks to good first serves (81% of balls won on his first serve).
Elsa Jacquemot, who had inherited a more lenient draw, facing the Briton Heather Watson (105th player in the world), behaved like a boss on court 14. The Frenchwoman, author of 41 winning strokes, won 6 -3, 6-3, thus signing his first success in the final table in three participations. The winner of the 2020 French Open junior tournament will face Angelique Kerber in the next round.
Corentin Moutet out Stanislas Wawrinka
Faced with a Stanislas Wawrinka in the recovery phase after a year off due to a foot injury, Corentin Moutet reacted well after losing the first set. The French won in four sets (2-6, 6-3, 7-6 [7-2]6-3) against the winner of the 2015 edition. “Throughout the match, I tried to vary my game, to change things, and it paid off against a fighter like Stan”he confided after the meeting.
After two editions during which he had not passed the first round, Moutet joined the second round. He will face the mountain Rafael Nadal.
Océane Dodin, Manuel Guinard and Geoffrey Blancaneaux eliminated from the start
Quarter-finalist on clay in Lyon last week, Manuel Guinard lost in the first round at Roland-Garros, against the seeded n ° 10, and winner of the Rhone tournament, Cameron Norrie (7-5, 6-2, 6-0). With only 14 winning shots and 51 unforced errors, the Frenchman could not have hoped for better for his first participation at Porte d’Auteuil.
Earlier in the day, Océane Dodin was severely beaten by the German Andrea Petkovic (6-4, 6-2). For the sixth time in seven participations, the French fails in the first round. HAS As night fell, the only Frenchman to qualify, Geoffrey Blancaneaux, lost in three sets against the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (6-2, 6-4, 6-4), despite saving five match points.
Richard Gasquet, Benoît Paire and Arthur Rinderknech interrupted by the rain
The rain came to mingle with the last meetings of the day, at nightfall. Three Tricolores were then still on the courts. Before the interruption, Richard Gasquet largely dominated the South African Lloyd Harris (6-1, 5-2). On the Simonne-Mathieu court, Benoît Paire was chasing the score after losing the first set against Belarusian Ilya Ivashka (6-3, 1-2). Finally, Arthur Rinderknech was also in bad shape against Alexander Bublik (6-2, 4-2).