The day after the first seven French people qualified in the second round of Roland-Garros qualifying, nine other French players punched their ticket for this second round. Among them, Titouan Droguet (132nd in the world) dismissed Jules Marie, known in particular for his career recounted on YouTube (7-6, 6-3). Better known in the main round, Quentin Halys (187th) defeated Quebecer Alexis Galarneau (7-5, 6-3) to secure a prestigious poster with Argentinian Diego Schwartzman (141st), semi-finalist on Parisian ocher in 2020 and future retiree at the end of the season.
Also accustomed to the main circuit, Hugo Grenier (185th) had to work hard to overcome the American Tristan Boyer, dismissed in almost three hours (6-4, 3-6, 7-6). On the legendary court 14, Grégoire Barrère (108th) easily defeated his compatriot Théo Papamalamis (6-3, 6-1). Another qualified tricolor, Valentin Royer (200th) won in two sets against Kazakh Dmitry Popko (7-6, 7-5). Not necessarily favorite, Maxime Janvier (221st) succeeded against the Australian James Duckworth, seeded number 3 in the “qualifiers” (6-3, 6-1).
On the women’s side, we will find a well-known figure from Roland-Garros in the person of Léolia Jeanjean (143rd). Reaching the third round (2022) then the second last year, the French player, who does not benefit from a wild card for the main draw this year, lost to the Romanian Andreea Mitu (7-5, 6- 2). For her part, Margaux Rouvroy qualified in three sets at the expense of Lina Gjorcheska (6-2, 5-7, 6-3).
With significantly more difficulty, Alice Tubello (374th) came back from hell to overthrow the young Taiwanese Ya Yi Yang (5-7, 7-6, 6-1). Note that the 23-year-old from Auvergne will be opposed in the next round to the Italian Sara Errani, finalist here in Paris in 2012. Just that!