The days follow one another at Roland-Garros. For this fifth day, the world number 2, the Russian Daniil Medvedev challenges on the Central the Serbian Laslo Djere since noon. On the women’s side, the world number one and ultra-favorite Iga Swiatek will try to continue her crazy series by beating the American, Alison Riske. This Thursday, five French people will be on the track: the heroes of the first round, Gilles Simon and Hugo Gaston for the men. On the women’s side, Léolia Jeanjean won in the morning. Caroline Garcia and Alizé Cornet will also be on the courts. The latter will also have the privilege of playing in the evening on the Philippe Chartrier court, facing the seed number 13 and victorious at Roland-Garros in 2017, the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko.
The main information
- Frenchwoman Léolia Jeanjean qualified for the third round
- Medvedev and Tsitsipas on the men’s program
- The heroes Simon and Gaston back to confirm their performances from the first round
- Alizé Cornet will challenge the winner of the 2017 edition, Jelena Ostapenko in a night session on the Central
The objective for the French will be to do better than Wednesday, punctuated by four defeats and a single victory, signed Diane Parry. Follow this fourth day of Roland-Garros live thanks to our special correspondents on site and throughout the day on Europe 1, the tournament’s official radio.
The French Léolia Jeanjean in the third round!
Léolia Jeanjean continues her fine career at Roland-Garros and offers herself a feat in the process: the 227th player in the world eliminated the Czech Karolina Pliskova, 8th in the world, 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday and won her ticket for the third round. . Beneficiary of a wild card, the Frenchwoman, ex-hope of tricolor tennis, is participating at the age of 26 in her first Grand Slam. To try to get her place in the round of 16, she will face either the Russian under neutral banner Ekaterina Alexandrova (31st) or the Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (63rd).
Badosa, 3rd in the world, qualified for the third round
World number 4 Paula Badosa battled for more than two and a quarter hours and made up for a late break in the third set to oust Slovenian Kaja Juvan (68th) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 in the second round of Roland -Garros Thursday. After two contested first sets, Juvan broke from the start of the decisive set to lead 1-0. But diminished by a visibly painful back, she only scored one game afterwards.
Nadal easy winner Wednesday night
Rafael Nadal, thirteen times crowned on clay in Paris, emerged clearly victorious from his left-handed duel with Frenchman Corentin Moutet, 139th in the world and guest, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 in the second round of Roland-Garros Wednesday evening. In the first round on Monday, the Spaniard with a record 21 Grand Slam trophies had left only six games for Australian Jordan Thompson (82nd), beaten 6-2, 6-2, 6-2.