The challenge could not be greater for Léolia Jeanjean. Coming out of Roland-Garros qualifying on Thursday, the 28-year-old from Montpellier inherited Iga Swiatek for her first round in the final draw. The 143rd player in the world will face the Pole, world number 1 and three-time winner of the Parisian Grand Slam (2020, 2022, 2023), on Monday, probably on the Philippe-Chatrier court, which would be a first for her. Like his confrontation with Swiatek.
In the men’s draw, the only survivor of the qualifiers among the Blues, Grégoire Barrère, inherited Alexander Bublik, seeded number 19 at Roland-Garros and beaten Friday by another Frenchman, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, in the semi-finals of the Lyon tournament. Note also that Carlos Alcaraz, 3rd player in the world, will be pitted against the American JJ Wolf (25 years old, 107th in the world), lucky loser after the withdrawal of Matteo Berrettini.
