Without Gaël Monfils, forfeit, three French players will try to qualify for the third round on Thursday, as will world No. 1 Iga Swiatek and the finalist of the last edition, Casper Ruud.
After a black Wednesday for the French, six defeats in as many matches, will the fate finally turn, Thursday June 1? It started badly since Wednesday evening, the ghost Gaël Monfils had already withdrawn for what was to be the shock of this day, in night session, against Holger Rune. Instead of this missed meeting, Alexander Zverev will tackle the Slovak Alex Molcan (86th in the world).
Three other Tricolores will still be present on the courts in the second round. Winner of a 100% French duel in the first round against Richard Gasquet, Arthur Rinderknech will face the number 9 seed, Taylor Fritz, on the Suzanne-Lenglen court. Author of a remarkable entry, Diane Parry will try for its part to prolong its epic on the Parisian ocher, on the court Simonne-Mathieu. She will challenge the young prodigy Mirra Andreeva in the second rotation. Coming from the qualifications, the young woman is became, at 16 years and one month, the youngest player to pass the 1st round of Roland-Garros since 2005. Finally, Océane Dodin will face the Tunisian Ons Jabeur, seeded n°7.
Several contenders for the final victory will also begin their second round on Thursday. World No. 1 Iga Swiatek will play American Claire Liu, WTA No. 102, in the second rotation on center court. Elena Rybakina, seeded n°4, will face Czech Linda Noskova in the opener on Lenglen. Finally, Casper Ruud, finalist last year against Rafael Nadal – absent this year – will be opposed, to start, to the Italian Giulio Zeppieri, from the qualifications.
The program of the Philippe-Chatrier court
From 11:45 a.m.
Giulio Zeppieri (ITA) – Casper Ruud (NOR/n°4)
Iga Swiatek (POL/n°1) – Claire Liu (USA)
Oceane Dodin (FRA) – Ons Jabeur (TUN/n°7)
Not before 8:15 p.m.
Alexander Zverev (GER/n°22) – Alex Molcan (SLQ)
The program of the Suzanne-Lenglen court
From 11 a.m.
Elena Rybakina (KAZ) – Linda Noskova (RTC)
Jannik Sinner (ITA/n°8) – Daniel Altmaier (GER)
Julia Grabher (AUS) – Coco Gauff (USA/n°6)
Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) – Taylor Fritz (USA/n°9)
The program of the Simonne-Mathieu court
From 11 a.m.
Kayla Day (USA) – Madison Keys (USA/n°20)
Diane Parry (FRA) – Mirra Andreeva (RUS)
Aslan Karatsev (RUS) – Frances Tiafoe (USA/n°12)
The program of court 14
From 11 a.m.
Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) – Alex de Minaur (AUS/n°18)
Bernarda Pera (USA) – Donna Vekic (CRO)
Tommy Paul (USA/n°16) – Nicolas Jarry (CHL)
Bianca Andreescu (CAN) – Emma Navarro (USA)
The program of court 7
From 11 a.m.
Diana Shnaider (RUS) – Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA/n°14)
Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) – Grigor Dimitrov (BUL/n°28)
Marcos Giron (USA) – Jiri Lehecka (RTC)
Lauren Davis (USA) – Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)
The program of court 6
From 11 a.m.
Borna Coric (CRO/n°15) – Pedro Cachin (ARG)
Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS/n°23) – Anna Lena Friedsam (GER)
Jasmine Paolini (ITA) – Olga Danilovic (CRO)
Francisco Cerundolo (ARG/n°23) -Yannick Hanfmann (GER)
The program of court 9
From 11 a.m.
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) – Simona Waltert (SUI)
Guido Pella (ARG) – Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA)
The program of short 12
From 11 a.m.
Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) – Petra Martic (CRO)
Rebecca Peterson (SWE) – Xinyu Wang (CHN)
Thiago Augustin Tirante (ARG) – Zhizhen Zhang (CHN)
The program of court 13
From 11 a.m.
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (CRO) – Aliona Bolsova (ESP)
Yoshihito Nishioka (JAP/n°27) – Max Purcell (AUS)
Genaro Alberto Olivieri (ARG) – Andrea Vavassori (ITA)