Published on : 26/05/2022 – 13:08
End of the second round Thursday at Roland-Garros, with in particular the matches of Stefanos Tsitsipas and Iga Swiatek. In the tricolor camp, Léolia Jeanjean set an example by eliminating world number 8, Karolina Pliskova. Follow the fifth day of Roland-Garros live on France 24.
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.
2 p.m.: Paula Badosa qualified in pain
The Spaniard Paula Badosa, seeded n°3, fought for more than two and a quarter hours and made up for a late break in the third set to dismiss the Slovenian Kaja Juvan (68th) (7-5, 3-6, 6-2).
12:23 p.m .: the feat of Léolia Jeanjean, Karolina Pliskova’s faller
Leolia Jeanjean, 227e world, continues her fine career and offers herself the feat of eliminating the Czech Karolina Pliskova, 8e World Cup (6-2, 6-2), earning their ticket to the third round. Recipient of a “wild card”, the French, ex-hope of tricolor tennis, participates at 26 years in her first Grand Slam.