Aussies in action: French Open Day 2 qualifying
Six Australians will hit the courts at Roland Garros as their quest to qualify for the second major of the year continues in Paris.
Melbourne VIC, Australia, 21 May 2014 | tennis.com.au
Six Australians will hit the courts at Roland Garros as their quest to qualify for the second major of the year continues in Paris.
Day 2 of Roland Garros qualifying takes in the second round of men’s qualifying and the first round of the women’s qualifying event.
> How the Aussies fared on day 1
Storm Sanders, Jarmila Gajdosova and Olivia Rogowska are all vying for one of the remaining places in the women’s main draw.
On the men’s side, 28th seed Sam Groth and 18-year-old Thanasi Kokkinakis will both be looking to get one step closer to their first ever main draw in Paris where they will join direct entrants Sam Stosur, Casey Dellacqua, Lleyton Hewitt, Marinko Matosevic, Matthew Ebden and Bernard Tomic in the main draw.
Matches start at 10 am Paris time (6 pm EST).
(WC) Storm Sanders v Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) Court 11, 4th match
Chanel Simmonds (RSA) v Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) Court 11, 3rd match
Ons Jabeur (TUN) v [16] Olivia Rogowska (AUS) Court 9, 4th match
Illya Marchenko (UKR) v James Duckworth (AUS) 6-4 2-2 (to be completed)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v Niels Desein (BEL) Court 6, 6th match, NB 4 pm
Maxime Authom (BEL) v [28] Sam Groth (AUS) Court 14, 5th match, NB 2 pm