Roland Garros: Diane Parry’s pretty career ends here
Gonzalo Fuentes via Reuters
ROLAND GARROS – The great adventure of the Frenchwoman Diane Parry at Roland-Garros came to an end this Friday, May 27 with a 6-2, 6-3 defeat of the 97th in the world against the American Sloane Stephens (64th), finalist in 2018.
The 19-year-old player, born in Nice but having always lived in Boulogne-Billancourt, was playing the 3rd round of a Major for the first time after having already reached the 2nd in Paris in 2019 when she was still a junior.
Despite the support of the public and some nice points, she was noticeably dominated by her opponent.
Four French will try the qualifications for the 8th finals
In the second set, she saved a match point at 5-1 on her serve. A discomfort in the public then interrupted the game for several minutes while the players were still tied in this seventh game.
On the restart, Parry won his service game and took over one of his opponent’s service games. At 5-3, she still saved two match points but lost on the next one, the fourth in total, with a woody shot that sent the ball beyond the limits of the court (her 36th unforced error) .
Stephens, winner of the 2017 US Open, will face the Swiss Jil Teichmann (24th) to try to climb into the quarters. She has not obtained the quarters in Paris or in any other Grand Slam tournament since 2019.
Four other French will try to whistle in the round of 16 on Saturday: Léolia Jeanjean and Alizé Cornet for women, Gilles Simon and Hugo Gaston for men.
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