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2:07 p.m., May 27, 2023
At Roland-Garros, qualifying ended Friday at the end of the day. Lucas Pouille and Fiona Ferro are the only two French people to have managed to climb into the main draws. These two athletes are trying to regain their former level after being scarred by life.
The main draws for Roland-Garros 2023 are now known. The qualifications ended this Friday at the end of the day at Porte d’Auteuil. Out of 29 tricolor representatives at the start, only two managed to cross them: Lucas Pouille and Fiona Ferro. Two athletes who try to find their level after having been marked by life. The Northerner had actually told in the columns of the newspaper The Team fell into depression. As for Fiona Ferro, she accuses her former trainer of rape.
Fiona Ferro, first Frenchwoman to qualify for 17 years
And it is indeed the first name of the native of Libramont-Chevigny, in Belgium, which was chanted by the public of court 14 on Friday. Fiona Ferro has become the first Frenchwoman in 17 years to cross the qualifications of Roland-Garros, enough to display a broad smile at the exit of the court. “It’s always good when we’re the last to stay, it’s a bit like when we start a tournament and at the end there’s no one left because it’s the final and we don’t is more than two. There, it is not the case, but it is a satisfaction”, she underlines at the microphone of Europe 1.
This qualification for the final draw of Roland-Garros is “a bit of a rebirth”, also explains the one who filed a complaint last year for rapes against her former coach and who is trying to regain her level of yesteryear. In the stands, to watch his qualification, there was Lucas Pouille. Like Fiona Ferro, the Northerner, ex-top 10, has fallen into the depths of the rankings. He tries to go up the slope: “I try to make the most of it and not always have a thought about what’s next, about the consequences, about what this tournament will bring me in terms of points, money. . I try to enjoy the moment and have a little fun, it’s important”.
Lucas Pouille and Fiona Ferro join their 27 compatriots who were already guaranteed to play the first round of Roland-Garros from this Sunday.