La Française, beneficiary of an invitation in the Parisian tournament, beat the Czech Karolina Pliskova, former world number one (6-2, 6-2).
Le Monde
There is still blue on the ocher this Thursday ascent for the rest of the second round of the Roland-Garrros tournament. And there will always be the next round since the French Léolia Jeanjean, who opened the ball at the end of the morning, offered himself the right to continue to dream.
Benefit of an invitation, she had dismissed on Monday for her entry into the Parisian competition, the Spanish Nuria Parrizas-Dias (45th world). Thursday, she did not leave space at the Czech Karolina Pliskova, former world number one, now seeded number 8, and which she beat in two dry sets (6-2, 6-2) .
Léolia Jeanjean therefore continues her way in the Parisian competition, the first Grand Chelem tournament that she is led to play, at 26 years old. A sacred “comeback” for the former hope of French female tennis whose career has experienced some meanders.