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Léolia Jeanjean, her life is a novel

2022-05-26T18:00:43.735Z


PORTRAIT – For his first Grand Slam, the former French tennis prodigy will play Saturday, at 26, the 3rd round of Roland-Garros.


She has been preparing for this Roland-Garros for a year and a half.

From the moment she took over the circuit.

She thought only of this tournament.

Thomas Delgado, co-founder of the Smash-It Academy, has only been coaching Léolia Jeanjean for three months, but gives the impression of knowing his player forever: “

We had to relax her before the match against Pliskova

(6-2 victory, 6-2 against the 8th in the world)

because she was very tense with the fear of doing wrong.

His level of play does not surprise me.

But what is strong is that she manages to do in matches what she does in training.

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To discover

  • Roland Garros men's singles

  • Roland Garros single ladies

At the RSA, a few months ago, she had accumulated in singles only 16,500 euros in a year and a half.

After her feat against a Pliskova, certainly far from her best level, the 227th in the world hierarchy secured a minimum of €125,800 in earnings and a 145th place.

She got her “destination Roland-Garros” invitation through the meritocracy system put in place by the federation.

Evolving…

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Source: lefigaro

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