Roland-Garros: Puglia, a qualification in the cauldron

It took until 7:17 p.m. on Sunday for this Roland-Garros to give birth, in pain, to its first French victory. After 3h10′ of a suffocating clinch, under a dodger to melt a stack of 33 laps, Léolia Jeanjean had just won a duel of wild cards against the Australian Kimberley Birrell. Usually, the 129th player in the world who beats the 111th in the first round of a tournament attracts family, friends and a few lost curious people, with polite indifference. Except that we are at Roland, and more specifically on this court n° 14, which is building its legend at high speed.