At Roland Garros, for the first time in the Open era, no tricolor was present in the 3rd round. A historic fiasco. History could repeat itself in London where since 2006, there have always been French people at least until the third round. At a time when French tennis has a rendezvous in the green temple, the indicators are red. Ashore on the ocher, and perhaps soon to the carpet on the London turf. The 2021 edition started off with a smile, however. During the qualifications, the French did much better than at Roland Garros, where they had been credited with a terrible 0 out of 21. Five of them indeed qualified Thursday and Friday for the two tables of the London tournament. , Grégoire Barrere, Arthur Rinderknech, Antoine Hoang and Benjamin Bonzi for men, and,Clara Burel in women. However, the rest could quickly turn into a grimaceous soup. If the short season of preparation tournaments on grass turns out to be better than that on ocher, the draw
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