appearance of Yannick Noah, a wall in his honor at Roland Garros. This is the 40th anniversary of France remaining the last champion in the home Grand Slam. Since 1983, there have been many problems despite the fact that talents are coming out of a federation machine with many financial resources and facilities.
The drought is also growing among single women. You have to look back to 2000 to see the latest local hit, led by a French-Canadian Mary Pierceto lose conchita martinez. He lost in the 2005 final.
French fans are hopeless in the men’s draw, which seems to be mostly a thing Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic. in the back, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev, Jannik Sinner or Holger Rune. Daniel Medvedev has fallen
All eyes on France on the reigning WTA Masters champion, Caroline Garcia. In full maturity at the age of 29, starting as world number five. But his performance slipped from his best in November.
The background is not as optimistic as the expectations built around it. Won only two games out of four on clay. In his twelve previous participations, some rooms in 2017 as the best result.
Behind the most logical predictions that point to Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka either Elena Rybakina. But in France there has always been an added illusion about the possibilities of its tennis players.
And the disaster becomes greater when failure comes. Caroline Garcia He didn’t even make it past the second round. He surrendered to the Russians Anna Blinkova24 years old and world number 56, 4-6, 6-3 and 7-5 in 2h.51′ of playing in the center.
He saved eight match points, but ended his fight at match point nine. Blinkova She upset him again in Paris, as in the second round of 2019. She made it to Paris well, including the endorsement of the WTA final in Strasbourg, which she lost to Elina Svitolina on Saturday before the start of the Grand Slam.
Source: La Verdad
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