Alizé Cornet will have the honors Thursday, May 25 of the night session on the Central court of Roland-Garros, where she will succeed Caroline Garcia and Gilles Simon, while Stefanos Tsitsipas and Iga Swiatek will host the fifth day on the Suzanne-Lenglen court.
Two other French people are in the running in this second round: Hugo Gaston against the Argentinian Pablo Cachin, and Léolia Jeanjean, who opened the day by offering herself the world number 8.
Follow the main developments of the day live.
12:23 p.m .: the feat of Léolia Jeanjean, Karolina Pliskova's faller
Léolia Jeanjean, 227th in the world, continues her fine career and offers herself the feat of eliminating the Czech Karolina Pliskova, 8th in the world (6-2, 6-2), thus winning her ticket for the third round.
Recipient of a "wild card", the French, ex-hope of tricolor tennis, participates at 26 years in her first Grand Slam.
The summary of the
France 24 week invites you to come back to the news that marked the week
I subscribe
Take international news everywhere with you!
Download the France 24 app
google-play-badge_EN