Océane Dodin, 122nd in the world and the last Frenchwoman in the women’s draw at Roland-Garros, was eliminated on Thursday June 1 in the second round by the Tunisian Ons Jabeur (7th) 6-2, 6-3.
At 26, Océane Dodin was playing a second round match at Roland-Garros for the second time after 2017, but has never made it past this stage of the tournament or another Grand Slam.
The defeat of Océane Dodin is added to that of Diane Parry earlier in the day and now only Arthur Rinderknech in the men’s table can ensure a tricolor presence in the third round. He must face the American Taylor Fritz (8th) at the end of the program on the Suzanne-Lenglen court.
“ She plays very hard, so we had to vary a lot, do drop shots… In addition, the public was really with her, so I did my best “, commented Jabeur.
It is therefore the Tunisian, who played the final at Wimbledon and the US Open last year, but never exceeded the 8th at Roland-Garros (reached in 2020 and 2021), who will face the Italian Jasmine Paolini (53rd) or Serbian Olga Danilovic (105th) in the third round.
Jabeur, ex-world number 2, won at Roland Garros in the first round her first victory on the circuit since she suffered a calf injury in the semi-finals in Stuttgart in April.
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