![]() Now 33 (and born, we should point out, the same day as Roger Federer and Félix Auger-Aliassime), Karatantcheva has no ranking until she played an ITF last month, she hadn’t played a match in nearly four years, since losing in the first round of quailfying at Wimbledon in 2019. She had been set to play women’s doubles with Bethanie Mattek-Sands she was a late withdrawal from that (before the qualifying began), so perhaps she was carrying the injury.Īnd another surprise was to see Sesil Karantatcheva of Bulgaria in the qualifying draw.Īt 15, Karatantcheva was a surprise quarterfinalist in Paris, and later that year reached her career high-ranking of No. 278 who has earned less than 50,000 Euros in her career) and left the court in tears. She defeated Aryna Rodionova last week in Rome Monday, with a stoppage to get her upper leg taped, she went down in straight sets to French wild card Margaux Rouvroy (a 22-year-old ranked No. The shocker was to see 2020 women’s singles runner-up Sofia Kenin in the qualifying, as she has used up her protected ranking availabilities for Grand Slams. Only four of the 16 seeds in action were upset, and two of them were the No. PARIS – The first day of women’s qualifying at Roland Garros – with no Canadians in action – produced few surprises. ![]()
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