Led 6-0, 5-2, Berry Michel (5/6, TC Illberg) retained its title of champion of France for 65 years by overthrowing Isabelle Billard Delage (15, Ile de France) 0-6, 7-6 (7/2), 10/2.
“A fight as much physical and mental”
“One of us had to win!” Reacted the Alsatian, already sacred eight times in the veteranes. “I was very badly embarked. I did not feel very well at the beginning, I took the bullets too late. She made a perfect first set. She did not make the slightest mistake, with a fantastic game! I applied myself to try to center the ball well, to move forward, to play long to try to annoy it a little. And it worked. She made more mistakes and it became a both physical and mental fight. »»
The big merciless for Glaszmann
On the courts of Roland-Garros, Caroline Glaszmann (15/1, TC Strasbourg) did not have the same success as Betty Michel. She gave up her title in ladies 70 years to her usual rival, the Rouennaise Bénédicte le Grand (15), a newcomer to the category, who left her only a game in the final (6-0, 6-1). It should be noted that the winner lost only … four games in all during the competition.
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