Léolia Jeanjean's fabulous adventure in Paris continues.
After a long break of 10 years away from the professional circuit to devote herself to her studies in the United States, the Frenchwoman is hungry to make up for lost time.
Thursday morning, she demonstrated it with style by dominating in two quickly dispatched sets (6-2, 6-2, and 1h15 of play) the Czech Karolína Pliskova.
The seeded n ° 8 and semi-finalist in 2017 on the Parisian ocher.
For her first Grand Slam, for her first slips on the clay courts of Roland-Garros, the 26-year-old player is already in the third round.
A rare performance.
This deserved a nice ovation from the public at the Simonne-Mathieu stadium.
“I don't realize, it's just incredible, savors the Montpellier player on the court.
I am very happy to have the chance to play here.
Thank you all for coming.
I don't have the chance to play on big courts and experience such an atmosphere (the rest of the season)... It was worth coming back, I wanted to come back to not regret anything, I think I I made the right choice.
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🇬🇧 Léolia Jeanjean is in the 3rd round of Roland-Garros!
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She beats #8 seed Karolina Pliskova 6-2, 6-2.
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Intelligent, the former great hope of French tennis thwarted her opponent by varying the game. Proving a great maturity despite her meager experience of the pro circuit.
"I was stressed going onto the court but I managed to manage the emotions and stay focused on what I had to do," she said.
With success.
Recipient of a wild card for the tournament, Léolia Jeanjean, 227th in the world, had already thwarted the forecasts in the first round to defeat the Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz (45th) in two sets (6-4, 6-3) .
She now has two Grand Slam victories… but it is very likely that she is not satisfied with that.
In the next round she will face either the Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (ex world No. 22) or the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova.
An obstacle that seems largely within his reach.
Whatever happens, the French camp is sure to have at least two players in the 3rd round of the 2022 edition since the young Diane Parry had qualified on Wednesday evening.
