Qualified without shaking. Toulouse’s Léolia Jeanjean won her ticket for the 3rd round of Roland Garros this Thursday by taking out the number 8 seed, the Czech Karolina Pliskova, 6-2 6-2, in one hour and fifteen minutes of play. A feat when you look at the world rankings since 219 places separate the two players!
In the first round on Monday, the Stade Toulousain licensee, 227th player in the world, had already dismissed the Spaniard Nuria Parrizas-Dias, 45th in the world, in two sets, 6-4 6-3. Originally from Montpellier, Léolia Jeanjean signs an incredible comeback at the age of 26 after ten years of absence at the highest level following a serious knee injury.