Roland Garros qualifying came to a close on Friday, and the top five women’s seeds all earned spots in the main draw.
The No. 1 seed, 2012 French Open finalist Sara Errani, defeated a physically compromised Nicole Gibbs 6-3, 6-0. The Italian’s first main-draw match will be against Misaki Doi, with a potential second-round clash against 2017 Madrid and Stuttgart finalist Kristina Mladenovic.
2012 finalist Sara Errani is the first women's qualifier, beating Nicole Gibbs 6-3, 6-0. Rounding into good form–dangerous floater? #rg17
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) May 26, 2017
17-year-old Marketa Vondrousova, who in April won her first WTA title in Biel, completed a successful qualifying run by beating Russia’s Anna Blinkova 6-1, 6-4. Vondrousova will continue her campaign by playing Amandine Hesse in the first round. A likely Round 2 opponent is Charleston champion Daria Kasatkina.
Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia finished qualifying with a 6-2, 7-6 (6) victory over Jil Teichmann. Maia drew 2017 Indian Wells winner Elena Vesnina.
The fourth qualifying seed, Richel Hogenkamp, won the first nine games Friday against Heather Watson, at which point Watson called the trainer to treat an injury. The final result was 6-0, 6-3. Hogenkamp will face Jelena Jankovic in the tournament proper’s first round.
World No. 106 Ana Bogdan ended experienced Frenchwoman Virginie Razzano’s qualifying run by notching a 6-4, 6-0 win. Bogdan drew lucky loser Ons Jabeur, who lost in three sets in the final round of qualifying to Miyu Kato. The winner of Bogdan vs. Jabeur will likely play Dominika Cibulkova in the second round.
Kato will face American Taylor Townsend in the first round, and seventh-seeded Johanna Konta would be her probably Round 2 opponent.
Dutch lefty Quirine Lemoine defeated fellow Dutch lefty Arantxa Rus 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Lemoine plays American teenager CiCi Bellis in Round 1, and could see Dutch righty Kiki Bertens in the second.
Canada’s Francoise Abanda was victorious over the qualifying draw’s 18th seed, Su Jeong Jang, 6-3, 6-2. Abanda drew Frenchwoman Tessah Andrianjafitrimo for the first round, and could be pitted against No. 11 seed Caroline Wozniacki in the second.
Petra Martic of Croatia won two out of three tiebreaks to defeat Maryna Zanevska. Martic will play Kateryna Bondarenko in the first round, and possibly big-hitting American Madison Keys in the second.
Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck won 6-4, 6-3 over Lucie Hradecka. She has Naomi Osaka in Round 1, and perhaps Agnieszka Radwanska in Round 2.
Kateryna Kozlova, who qualified for the main draw by besting Aleksandra Krunic in three sets, drew Lesia Tsurenko. She could potentially play world No. 1 Angelique Kerber in the second round.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands finished her qualifying run by winning 6-4, 6-1 over Zarina Diyas. She has Evgeniya Rodina in Round 1. In Round 2, Mattek-Sands could play Petra Kvitova, who announced her comeback earlier Friday.
