The last French representative in the Roland-Garros singles tables, the 92nd in the world Diane Parry lost on Monday June 1 in the round of 16 against the Polish Maja Chwalinska (114th). Beaten 6-3, 6-2 in just over an hour and a half, the 23-year-old right-hander was playing her first round of 16 in a Grand Slam, like her opponent, who will face the Russian Anna Kalinskaya (24th) for a place in the last four.
In the men’s draw, the last two French representatives, Moïse Kouamé (318th) and Quentin Halys (90th) disappeared in the third round. In total, 21 French men and nine French women were present in the first round of the Paris Grand Slam in 2026.
A year after the surprise semi-final of Loïs Boisson, beaten this year by Kalinskya as soon as she entered the fray, the adventure ends two rounds earlier for the French contingent.
On Central, Diane Parry never managed to find the solution to Maja Chwalinska’s varied game. Two days after defeating the powerful American Amanda Anisimova (6th), the Frenchwoman was this time drunk with drop shots, lobs and occasionally winning shots hit flat.
Too many unforced errors
Forced to dictate the point and take risks to conclude the exchange, Diane Parry multiplied the unforced errors, like this overly strong forehand which offered a decisive break to Chwalinska at 4-3 in the first set.
In the second set, the native of Nice obtained her first break point at 2-1, after 1 hour 12 minutes of the match. But a new backhand direct error weighed down his hopes. Maja Chwalinska did not tremble, breaking in the next game to definitively fly to victory.
