Roland-Garros: French women’s tennis in agony, big danger ahead?

Roland-Garros

Roland-Garros: French women’s tennis in agony, big danger ahead?

Published on May 19, 2023 at 6:50 p.m.

For years, the observation of French tennis has been difficult to make. Among women, this is even more true at the moment since players capable of establishing themselves comfortably in the top 100 are increasingly rare. With the approach of Roland-Garros, we must therefore hope that French tennis regains some color but things will not be easy once again.

10 years after winning Marion Bartoli To Wimbledon, French women’s tennis has found its new headliner in the person of Caroline Garcia. With a spectacular 2022 and a 4th place in the rankings, it has perfectly raised the bar but behind it, it’s a bit of nothingness. This year, very few of them have validated their ticket directly for the big picture at Roland-Garros.

Only 3 in the big board directly

This is surely one of the worst situations in a while. This year, only 3 players managed to get a place directly at Roland-Garros : Caroline Garcia obviously, but also Alize Cornet et Oceane Dodin barely. Behind, there are many names between the 100th and the 200th place in the world, like the 6 wild-cards distributed. Whether Caroline Garcia is capable of great things, a little support would not be refused…

None qualified since 2006

For the 2023 edition, there will be more than ten to try their luck from Monday for the qualifications. But we can’t really say that they are among the favorites to clinch a place in the big picture. Moreover, since 2006, no Frenchwoman has managed to get out of qualifying, an anomaly that will be very difficult to correct this year.

Garcia under pressure

Greatest French luck in these French internationals 2023 edition, Caroline Garcia will not arrive Porte d’Auteuil with the greatest confidence. In recent months, she has often struggled in major events, failing to display her best tennis. It will quickly be necessary to remobilize not to arrive in a period of the year that she had succeeded last year under pressure…