Weeks 22 & 23 - French Open (Roland-Garros) Grand Slam - Paris - Clay

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Weeks 22 & 23 - French Open (Roland-Garros) Grand Slam - Paris - Clay

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
From 1973 on Tennis Abstract in their series about tennis in 1973

The day was not so rewarding for Virginia Wade. Though the third seed wasn't known for her clay-court prowess, she had reached the quarter-finals the year before. There was no reason she couldn't do it again.
She lost anyway, to little-known Frenchwoman Odile de Roubin, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. "I hate playing bad players and she was so bad," Wade said. "Then the stadium was empty and there was no atmosphere and I played so stupidly." No one was prepared to argue the point.

Charming....

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Coup Droit wrote:
Julia Carrot wrote:
And Leolia JeanJean is through to the 2nd round. Bravo
Hear, hear

Was this the woman who got treated badly by the French federation previously, as I notice that she had a WC?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Helen40 wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Julia Carrot wrote:
And Leolia JeanJean is through to the 2nd round. Bravo
Hear, hear
Was this the woman who got treated badly by the French federation previously, as I notice that she had a WC?

Yes, that's the one.

And, yes, she got a discretionary wildcard this year (I think last year she had one of the ones you win from a wildcard circuit)

However, she was ranked about 125, so pretty close to making main draw as of right - it would have been REALLY pointed to not give her one

Great result today, though biggrin

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

3 womens lucky losers have won today. Going to be one of those events !

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Absolutely loved the win by Diane Parry

Over the 25th seed and all

And as a wildcard

You don't get many one-handed backhand women on tour so you have to support the rare breed

She's a rather reserved person, doesn't really come across that well in interviews, but she's a nice person and plays an interesting game

Thrilled for her

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Just 20 of the 32 womens seeds still in - and 3
Of those yet to play .

the addict · Tennis legend

Lissey and Liv are second match on court 11 tomorrow,

Neil Gee · Club Coach

Iga Swiatek absolutely ruthless in that second set, Cristina Buca swept away to love, looks ominous for the rest of the field.

-- Edited by Neil Gee on Tuesday 30th of May 2023 05:46:29 PM

-- Edited by Neil Gee on Tuesday 30th of May 2023 05:47:10 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Lissey and Liv are second match on court 11 tomorrow,

Live on Eurosport Extra 14

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And Discovery+ (if got separately and not part of some Amazon package)

Allez, Liv&Liss !

the addict · Tennis legend

Took me ages to find it.

6-5* after a very long game. Not playing no-ad in this tournament.

the addict · Tennis legend

(5)6-7 6-1 and into the decider

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, that was pretty disappointing.... :(

jb288 · Satellite level

Oh boy, that one's gonna sting. A match they could have won several times. I know in women's tennis you can't expect to always hold your serve, but that does feel like their weakness at the moment; they were rallying perfectly well with two good singles players, they just couldn't rely on their serve when it counted.