Laurent Lokoli survivor of a black Tuesday for the French in qualifying at Roland-Garros

” It’s the story of my life. » After his victory Tuesday in the first qualifying round of Roland-Garros, Laurent Lokoli (198th) could breathe. He had just won a match with a complicated scenario in the second set, where he led 5-1 against Egor Gerasimov (672nd) … before seeing the Belarusian come back up.

It is therefore this fighting mentality that allowed him to complete the match in two sets (6-3, 7-5). “But I would have liked not to turn off the button to return gently to the locker room at 6-1. It’s tennis, I’m in a good position to know that.”he slipped, refusing to mention the ghost of the first round of the Australian Open, where he lost with match point against Michael Mmoh (4-6, 2-6, 7- 6 [7]6-4, 6-2).

Winner in the junior event last year, Gabriel Debru (505th) also tried his luck in qualifying. Taken from cramps in the last set, he could not fight until the end against Nick Hardt (6-2, 1-6, 6-3). The step was also too high for Pierre-Hugues Herbert (401st) against Aslan Karatsev, seeded n ° 1 (7-6 [2]7-6 [1]).

Robbe on her way, Tan embarrassed on one wrist

On the women’s side, Alice Robbe (190th) performed well by beating Priscilla Hon (152nd), 6-2, 7-6 [8]. The Frenchwoman, beyond the top 300 at the start of the year, has had a compact year in ITF tournaments and remains in a final at Saint-Gaudens ($60,000).