In this Franco-French duel in the first round of the women's table, Alizé Cornet (52nd player in the world) defeated the Wild Card, Chloé Paquet, in two sets (6-3 and 6-2) in 1h29.
The Niçoise will be opposed in the second round to the Chinese Zhang who released the No. 12 seed, the American Madison Keys (6-3, 7-6 (2)).
“It's been a long day, when we play late at night.
We lose a lot of influx like that.
I think I managed well in terms of the score and I'm relieved that it's over, ”commented Cornet (30), who twice reached the 8th finals on Parisian ocher.
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