Drafted from qualifying, the Russian Elina Avanesyan offered herself a victory of choice in the first round of Roland-Garros at the expense of the 12th world Belinda Bencic and will meet in the second round the French Léolia Jeanjean.
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Avanesyan (ranked 134th in the world) had never won a match in a Grand Slam main draw. The 20-year-old dominated the Swiss semifinalist of the 6 US Open 3-2, 6-6, 4-2019.
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Jeanjean (124th at 27 years old) signed Sunday the first French victory of the 2023 edition by defeating the Australian Kimberly Birrell (110th) 6-4, 6-7 (8/6), 6-3 after 3h10 of fight and seven match balls, including two in the second set. Last year for her first Roland-Garros, she reached the 3rd round.
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