Parry, 20 years old and 79th in the WTA rankings, was stopped net 6-1, 6-2 by the young Russian nugget Mirra Andreeva (143rd), even younger than her at 16, who is playing her first Major.

There are only two Frenchmen left from Porte d'Auteuil: Océane Dodin (122nd) and Arthur Rinderknech (78th). The berezina could continue in the afternoon, as Dodin (122nd) plays against Tunisia's Ons Jabeur (7th) and Rinderknech (78th) against American Taylor Fritz (9th).

The French clan had a black day the day before, with the eliminations of Caroline Garcia (5th), Ugo Humbert (40th), Lucas Pouille (675th), Luca Van Assche (82nd), Corentin Moutet (61st) and Léolia Jeanjean (124th). Worse, Gaël Monfils (394th) had declared forfeit in the evening for his second round against the Dane Holger Rune (6th).

France's Diane Parry in the second round of Roland-Garros against Russia's Mirra Andreeva on Jujin 2, 1 in Paris © Thomas SAMSON / AFP

Four, the winning number

On the contrary, the 5th day of the tournament started well for the world N.4: Rybakina dismissed the Czech Linda Noskova (50th) 6-3, 6-3 and continued her journey without a hitch. The finalist of the Australian Open at the beginning of the year has still not lost a set. She will face Spain's Sara Sorribes (132nd) in the next round.

Rybakina, a slim (1.84m) 23-year-old player, is one of the favorites of the tournament, buoyed by her consistency in recent years and her progress on clay glimpsed at the WTA 1000 in Rome, which she won less than two weeks ago.

Russia's Mirra Andreeva, 16, in the second round of Roland Garros against France's Diane Parry on June 2, 1 in Paris © Thomas SAMSON / AFP

A little later, Ruud also enforced the logic of the ranking against the Italian Giulio Zeppieri (129th), still losing a set in the passage 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.

Finalist of the previous edition, the Norwegian has a clear path to the knockout stages, since he will face in the third round the winner of the match between the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang (71st) and the Argentine Thiago Agustin Tirante (153rd).

The finalist of the US Open 2022 has left his place to the world N.1 Iga Swiatek on Court Philippe-Chatrier. The Pole, defending champion on Parisian ochre, faces the American Claire Liu (102nd) in the afternoon.

Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina against Czech Linda Noskova in the second round of Roland-Garros on Jujin 2, 1 in Paris © Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP

Later, the German Alexander Zverev (27th) will have the favors of the night session on the Centre Court, after the forfeit of Monfils.

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