Roland-Garros: Black Tuesday for the French, retired Parmentier

by Adonis Vesin (iDalgo)

They were ten. There is only one left. The last day of this first round of Roland Garros was bleeding. Ugo Humbert, the best French hope, fell in four sets against the Australian Polmans, like Gilles Simon against Denis Shapovalov, tenth player in the world. Harold Mayot gave in in three sets, like Richard Gasquet against Roberto Bautista Agut (10th worldwide) and Grégoire Barrere against Dimitrov (20th). Quentin Halys struggled 4:26 before losing to American Marcos Giron (5-7, 6-3 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-8). Kiki Mladenovic was eliminated by Siegemund. She had yet won her set point but the referee did not see the double bounce. At 5-1, she ended up losing the next two innings. Harmony Tan was released in two rounds by Daria Kasatkina. Pauline Parmentier was the last to compete against Kudermetova but she could not do anything for the last match of her career (2-6, 3-6). Only satisfaction, the victory of Fiona Ferro (7-6 (4) 6-4) against the English Heather Watson. Djokovic, Berrettini, Rublev, Tsitsipas, Ostapenko, Kenin or even Martic have validated their ticket for act two.