RG.3- La Divine 123

Suzie says, "Hey."

=DAY 3 NOTES= ...after two days of 1st Round matches, and following a day in which rain slowed down the proceedings and then seemingly three out of every four matches became a three-set tussle of epic proportions with potential historic implications, Day 3 was more like a marathon. As in, geez, when is the 1st Round finally going to be over? But, of course, the real party can't start until the life of it shows up. Hence...

Three days into this Roland Garros, Alona Ostapenko -- aka the lucky #13 seed -- walked in the door. Latvian Thunder was blowing like a hot, killer wind across the WTA landscape a few months ago. But things have cooled off considerably in recent weeks. Ostapenko came into Paris winless on clay (0-2) this season, on a five-match losing streak that began in the Doha semis, after she'd won nine straight matches (and gone on a 12-1 tour massacre) -- defeating six former slam winners -- while posting SF-W-SF results over a three-week stretch. Locked into a quarter of the draw featuring past RG champions Iga Swiatek and Simona Halep (against whom she's a combined 5-1), no one has been talking about Ostapenko.

So she naturally came out blasting in her '22 tournament debut, taking down Italian Lucia Bronzetti 6-1/6-4 in a little over an hour, firing 38 winners (to Bronzetti's 8) and breaking her opponent on four of six BP in the match. This marks just the second time since Ostapenko won the women's title in Paris in 2017 (by defeating Halep) that she *didn't* fall in the 1st Round (the other was a 3rd Round result in '20).

Jelena Ostapenko will always be a dream to photograph.#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/a2am7fOflQ

— Steven Mills (@StevenMtennis) May 24, 2022

Ostapenko's next opponent will be... checks... oh, Alize Cornet. Tennis Gods help us all.

The 32-year old Pastry played in the 1st Round in Paris for an 18th consecutive (and maybe final?) year today, in her 61st straight slam MD appearance (one off Ai Sugiyama's WTA record), defeating Misaki Doi 6-2/6-0. While Cornet finally reached her maiden slam QF at this year's first major in Melbourne, today's win was just the 20th in the French woman's long RG career. Her best result has been a pair of Round of 16 runs in 2015 and '17.

Le 18ème commence bien ????
A jeudi pour la suite de l'aventure @rolandgarros ??

Good day at the office ????
See you on thursday for the 2nd round ! #RG2022 pic.twitter.com/bdLGoOaeaa

— Alize Cornet (@alizecornet) May 24, 2022

Ostapenko and Cornet are deadlocked at 2-2 in their head-to-head in singles matches, doled out just once a year over the last four seasons (because we might otherwise become addicted, I suspect). Three years ago at Wimbledon, after having hit Cornet at the net with a ball during a regular doubles point, later a serving Ostapenko hit Cornet -- who wasn't even standing in the service box the Latvian was aiming for -- yet again, *winning* the point.



What wonders will the presence of both women on the same court give us this time? Surely no area of it will be safe from The Thunder, nor The Volcano.



...elsewhere, #8 Karolina Pliskova and French wild card Tessah Andrianjafitrimo threatened an early repeat of Day 2 (i.e. a top seed falling, and an underdog Pastry advancing into the 2nd Round). Andrianjafitrimo took the 1st set 6-2 but the Czech, a one-time RG semifinalist (2017) pulled away in her debut slam match of '22 after missing the AO due to breaking her arm in the offseason.

A Pliskova POJD ??

2017 semifinalist ???? @KaPliskova turns things around to defeat home hope Andrianjafitrimo 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 in Round 1.#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/m6pHrJD49V

— wta (@WTA) May 24, 2022

...in matches that were started but suspended late in the day on Monday, #16 Elena Rybakina was forced into a 3rd set by Arantxa Rus (who'd led 4-2 in the 2nd as play resumed), but the Kazakh took the early break lead and coasted to the win one year after she reached her maiden (and only) slam QF in Paris.

Meanwhile, Bannerette wild card Katie Volynets, already a $100K challenger champ in '22 and next looking to crack the Top 100, posted her first career slam MD victory (she'd been 0-4), outrunning Viktorija Golubic 6-2/2-6/6-1 after the Swiss vet had pushed things to a 3rd set after trailing 6-2/2-1 when play was stopped yesterday.

Irina Begu dropped the 1st set yesterday to Jasmine Paolini, but had forced a 3rd, where she led 1-0 when things picked up again today. Paolini served for the match at 5-4, but Begu broke and the match went to the new RG 10-point tie-break, which Begu claimed 10-5, taking four of the final five games in the contest to reach the 2nd Round in Paris for an eighth time. The Romanian reached the 4th Round in 2016, and her 13 MD wins at RG are the most she has (by a wide margin, with the AO second w/ 8) at any major.

...the qualifying rounds saw two Serbs advance into the MD, and now both will play in the 2nd Round. Olga Danilovic saved two MP vs. Dalma Galfi in her 1st Round match, and today Aleksandra Krunic picked up her first slam MD win since RG '19 with a 4 & 3 victory over Hordette Kamilla Rakhimova. With the win, The Bracelet is close to returning to the Top 100 (live #102) for the first time in three years.

Too Live Krunic!

After fighting through qualifying for the second straight year, Aleksandra Krunic scores her first grand slam main draw win since 2019 with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Kamilla Rakhimova.

With the victory, Krunic advances to a 2nd round clash with Veronika Kudermetova. pic.twitter.com/OOtKEyj1vj

— Tick Tock Tennis (@TickTockTennis) May 24, 2022

...the Star of Egypt strikes again.

If it seems like every time Mayar Sherif takes to the court that history could be made, well, that's because it's true. Kinda, at least. The 26-year old has spent the last few seasons blazing new trails for Egyptian women's tennis. She was the first to reach a slam singles MD ('20 RG, then first to play AO/US in '21) and the first to win a match in a major ('21 AO), the first to crack the Top 100 (2021) *and* Top 50 (2022), the first to play Olympic tennis (2021), the first to reach a tour singles final (2021 Cluj) and the first to win a WTA 125 crown (3, in fact, w/ 2 this season alone). Today she became the first to play and win a MD match at RG, defeating Marta Kostyuk, 6-3/7-5.

Sherif has yet to make her Wimbledon debut, but she should be there in London next month, so we'll do all this again then.

Of course, what do stars (in Egyptian tennis, or otherwise) do? Why, they take selfies with fans. So...

Mayar Sherif taking a selfie with Egyptian fans after her R1 win pic.twitter.com/edul2hO89J

— Michael (@lobwinners) May 24, 2022

Joining Sherif in making a little history was qualifier Fernandez Contreras, the 24-year old Vanderbilt product who notched her first slam MD win with a 7-6(8)/6-3 triumph over Panna Udvardy.

? First Slam main draw appearence
? First Slam main draw win

Mexican ???? qualifier Fernanda Contreras Gomez defeats Panna Udvardy 7-6(8) 6-3 to reach the second round of #RolandGarros

??: Clement Mahoudeau / FFT pic.twitter.com/iB6XWgJHeE

— ITF (@ITFTennis) May 24, 2022

Contreras, just the third from her country to reach a slam MD this century, becomes the fourth Mexican woman to ever record a slam MD singles win.

Mexican qualifier Fernanda Contreras Gomez wins her first round at #RolandGarros, shakes hands, shouts "VIVA MEXICOOOOOO" and joins in singing with the crowd immediately.

Contreras Gomez, who played college tennis for Vanderbilt, faces Kasatkina next.

— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) May 24, 2022

...more U.S. women have advanced to the 2nd Round than players from any other nation, and (at least) a few of them had some adventurous days on Tuesday. Two in particular...

#11 Jessie Pegula seemed well on her way to a quick workday, leading Wang Qiang 6-2/5-1. But Wang suddenly kicked things into gear, getting the set to 5-4 and making the Madrid finalist take *10* match points to finally put her away. Pegula finally did, posting a 1st Round win at a major for the sixth straight slam (and seven in eight). She never seemed to bat an eyelash at the long game, as it seemed to take an eternity to finally be successful, but I guess that comes with the territory when your parents own the Buffalo Bills.

On her TENTH match point, @JLPegula beats Wang 6-2 6-4 to advance in Paris!

Faces Kalinina next for a spot in the #RolandGarros Third Round. pic.twitter.com/Ul2dIOlf85

— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) May 24, 2022

Meanwhile, Hailey Baptiste, a qualifying star at both the Australian Open and Roland Garros this year, made her RG debut today against Anhelina Kalinina. It didn't last long, but that was because she fell after completing just seven games and wasn't able to continue.

Hailey Baptiste takes a fall against Anhelina Kalinina in the first set. She hasn't gotten up on her own yet and it looks like they're bringing out a wheelchair. Hoping everything is alright.
Kalinina will advance to the second round of Roland Garros. pic.twitter.com/99RCj9LLSy

— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) May 24, 2022

...a year ago, Tamara Zidansek put on a stunning run to the RG semis, becoming the first Slovenian to reach such a stage in a slam. With a boatload of points to defend -- like, about *half* her total ranking points -- Zidansek's chances didn't look good 24 hours ago. After starting the year 5-1 and reaching the Adelaide 2 SF, she'd gone 1-6 (1-3 on clay) in her last seven matches. After the #24 seed's 6-2/6-2 win today over Claire Liu, who'd been coming off a 125 title and Rabat final run, her chances at least look *better*. She'll face Sherif next, with Pegula possibly awaiting a round later.

While Zidansek's deep run chances likely remain remote, countrywoman Kaja Juvan is angling for some more Slovenian surprises. The 20-year old battled Angelique Kerber for three (all TB) sets in the Strasbourg final this past weekend and, after seeing Kerber battle her way through another dramatic match in the 1st Round yesterday, Juvan got her chance to show what *she* had left for Paris.

At the very least, she knows how to come from behind. Facing Hordette qualifier Oksana Selekhmeteva in her slam debut, Juvan found herself serving down 5-4, behind love/40 in the 1st before rallying to win the set 7-5. Then, Selekhmeteva led 5-0 (!!) in the 2nd, only to see Juvan again surge back, taking the set to a TB and winning it 7-4 (if only she'd saved that one for Strasbourg, she was likely thinking). Juvan will next face #3 Paula Badosa, having already posted the first two Top 10 wins (Sabalenka, Pliskova) of her career this season.

...at the end of Day 3, without any women's seeds having fallen today after four *Top 10* seeds had exited in the previous two days, #7 Aryna Sabalenka and #19 Simona Halep gave their supporters a few searing headaches before managing to prevail. Sabalenka, despite dropping the 1st set to Pastry Chloe Paquet, righted things and won 3 & 4 in the final two sets. Things were a little more, well, "more" for Halep.

Job done ?@Simona_Halep moves on in Paris, defeating Nastasja Schunk 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/zAdVGZhcBK

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 24, 2022

The former RG champ struggled mightly to keep the proverbial train on the tracks against the debuting 18-year old German Nastasja Schunk. With the youngster playing well, Halep fell behind 3-0 in the opening set before turning things around. After failing to convert break points in game #3, the Romanian won 6 of 7 games to take the 1st at 6-4. Schunk again raced to a big lead (4-0) in the 2nd, but this time Halep couldn't reel her back in, losing 6-1. After seeing Schunk hold BP for an immediate lead in the opening game of the 3rd, Halep held and finally settled in. She led 5-0, winning 6-4/1-6/6-1 to get her eighth straight opening round win in Paris. After having a spate of 1st Round slam exits a few years ago (5 between 2015-18), Halep has now avoided such a fate in her last ten, the longest stretch of her career in majors.

??? "It was a tough match"

Catch up with No.19 @Simona_Halep after her 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 win over Nastasja Schunk#RolandGarros

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 24, 2022

...late in the day, Covid reared its head for the first time at this Roland Garros as Marie Bouzkova, who'd finally gotten her maiden win in Paris, was forced to withdraw from her 2nd Round match against #31 Elise Mertens, who'll thus extend her slam 3rd Round streak to 17.

Hi everyone, unfortunatelly, I tested positive for covid today for the first time, so I am withdrawing from both singles and doubles here in Paris?? Hopefully I will start to feel better soon and get back on court???? Thank you for your support always!?? pic.twitter.com/dGxfefgSBE

— Marie Bouzkova (@MarieBouzkova) May 24, 2022

...eleven Bannerettes (of 16 in the MD) lead the charge into the 2nd Round, with the Czechs (5), French (5) and Hordettes (4) following in order with the most women in the Final 64. Belarus was 3-0 (good thing they got it in before SW19), while all of South America was undefeated (w/ Osoro and Haddad). Maybe the biggest eyebrow-raisers: the 2-0 Serbs, with both qualifiers (Krunic & Danilovic) advancing.

Time for a few awards:

UPSET QUEENS: after at first looking like candidates for Nation of Poor Souls, France rebounded quite well from its 0-5 start, ultimately putting five women into the 2nd Round. Diane Parry's upset of defending champ Barbora Krejcikova turned the tide, and she was soon followed by first-time slam MD winners Elsa Jacquemot (def. Watson) and Leolia Jeanjean (def. Parrizas Diaz).

REVELATION LADIES: many candidates emerged here, from Germany (with Jule Niemeier and Schunk getting close to big wins, while vets Petko and Angie advanced), Poland (Magda Linette's win over Jabeur was almost joined by Magdalena Frech vs. Kerber... and then there's Iga), Slovenia (2-0 w/ Zidansek and Juvan) and Russia (Kasatkina, Kudermetova, Alexandrova and Gracheva), to the U.S. (Anisimova, Coco, Volynets and Pegula, et al.) and its North American counterparts (Andreescu and Fernandez, and also Contreras). But I'll go with the Czechs, whose group of five (even w/o the defending champ) includes the likes of Siniakova, Bouzkova (despite her withdrawal) and Muchova, as well as one who didn't (Noskova) but whose presence at age 17 thus serves as a harbinger of the wave of talent that'll soon crash onto the tour's slam shores.

NATION OF POOR SOULS: despite having competition from Spain (1-3, with losses by #10 Muguruza and Parrizas Diaz), Belgium (1-4, with only Mertens winning), China (1-4) and Ukraine (1-3, and w/ no Svitolina), I'll go with Hungary just because 0-4 (by far the worst winless mark in the 1st Rd.) is too hard to ignore (so what if Galfi, who had 2 MP, Bondar, Udvardy and Jani probably weren't favorites).

CRASH & BURN: #2 Krejcikova (not stunning, considering her season), but she *was* the defending champ, and #6 Ons Jabeur (the 2022 clay #2 who looked like one potential threat to Iga... or at least a possible opponent in the final).

Légion de Lenglen HONOREE: Alize Cornet -- the drama queen, author and truth teller herself -- who made her 18th straight RG MD appearance and posted a win on the 123rd anniversary of La Divine's birth. (There could be others added later, but only time will tell.)

Coupe LA PETIT TAUREAU: this is usually held until later, as LPT Day (June 1) isn't until next week, but Diane Parry's one-handed backhand begs to get an early nod.

...Welp... ON DAY 3:

I had a dream where I was just typing A-N-D-R-I-A-N-J-A-F-I-T-R-I-M-O. That's all. And it's only Day 3.


...OCTO-IGA FAN ON DAY 3?:

??????#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/Lhu8ydonDV

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 24, 2022

...QUESTON... ON DAY 3:

Why does a business that calls itself Viking Cruises have commercials with pretty music and a woman with a fancy British accent doing the voiceover? I mean, if Virgin Voyages uses "Like a Virgin" in its commercials... I'm just sayin'.


...HONORING THE ORIGINAL RECIPE ON DAY 3:

6x #Wimbledon champion Suzanne Lenglen was nicknamed “The Goddess.”She attacked the net & played w/aggression & flair.

She was also an early feminist & advocate for fair pay for athletes.

The #RolandGarros women’s singles trophy is named after her.

Today is her birthday. pic.twitter.com/zWB0V0XZky

— Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing) May 24, 2022

...Hmmm... ON DAY 3:

While it'll be useful, I still fear they're going to ruin Lenglen when they add the retractable roof.

I hope they at least add a museum-like component, or art exhibit-like attraction, since they'll be a different atmosphere with the new set-up. It'd provide great video leading in and out of commercials for television coverage, at least. They stepped up big time in making Court Simonne-Mathieu unique with the greenhouse, so...


...WIMBLEDON DRAW NOTE ON DAY 3:

Karolina Pliskova was asked her opinion on Wimbledon.

The gist:
- Thinks the decision is "super tough & unfair & bad"
- Will still play b/c she wants that trophy, badly
- Thinks ATP/WTA could have removed 50% of points instead of all of them pic.twitter.com/Qk9plnpypJ

— The Tennis Podcast (@TennisPodcast) May 24, 2022

...SO, DID RAFA NADAL RETIRE TODAY OR SOMETHING?... ON DAY 3:

Because, I mean, from the look of all the pomp, ceremony and reaction to today's retirement ceremony you would have thought an *all-time great* had just played his final match, and the sport would truly feel his absence. But I guess it was for someone else that most people probably thought had *already* retired and barely given a second a thought to for years, right? (Shrug.)

Do they still write people's phone numbers on bathroom walls? Probably not, I guess -- nobody actually knows anyone's number anymore.

"Now I have a French coach, probably I will learn some French in the future and I can speak French here."

We will hold you to that, @Simona_Halep ??#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/HfLO1WlTyM

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 24, 2022

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Victory is sweet ??@SabalenkaA outlasts Chloe Paquet 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round.#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/45fOsOSOeW

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 24, 2022

*2022 RG - 1st Rd. NATION W/L*
11-4 - USA
5-3 - CZE
5-8 - FRA
4-5 - RUS
3-0 - BLR
3-4 - ROU
2-0 - KAZ,SLO,SRB
2-1 - AUS,CAN,POL,SUI
2-2 - ITA
2-3 - GER
1-0 - BRA,COL,EGY,LAT,MEX,MNE
1-1 - CRO,EST,GRE
1-2 - GBR,SVK
1-3 - ESP,UKR
1-4 - BEL,CHN
0-1 - BUL,NED,SWE,TUN
0-2 - JPN
0-4 - HUN

*MEXICAN WOMEN IN SLAM WS MD, since 2000*
2000 AO - Angelica Gavaldon (2r)
2020 RG - Renata Zarazua (2r)
2022 RG - Fernanda Contreras (in 2r)
-
Most Recent QF: 1995 AO - Gavaldon (3r: 1995 WI/US)
[MEX Women with Slam MD wins]
Elena Subirats
Angelica Gavaldon
Renata Zarazua
Fernanda Contreras
[MEX Women in Slam WD/MX F]
2021 US Open MX - Giuliana Olmos

*RG "Légion de Lenglen" HONOREES*
[former "Joie De Vivre" Award]
2011 Virginie Razzano, FRA
2012 Virginie Razzano, FRA
2013 Serena Williams, USA
2014 Kristina Mladenovic, FRA
2015 Francesca Schiavone, ITA
[Lenglen Honorees]
2016 Alize Lim, FRA
2017 Caroline Garcia, FRA
2018 Serena Williams, USA
2019 Court Simonne-Mathieu
2020 US Open Special: Madison Brengle, USA
2020 Court Chatrier roof (and night tennis) debuts
2021 Naomi Osaka, JPN
2022 Alize Cornet, FRA

*Coupe LA PETIT TAUREAU WINNERS*
2016 Yulia Putintseva, KAZ
2017 Elina Svitolina, UKR
2018 Mihaela Buzarnescu, ROU
2019 Simona Halep, ROU
2020 Simona Halep, ROU
2021 Carla Suarez Navarro, ESP
2022 Diane Parry, FRA

*RECENT RG "REVELATION LADIES" WINNERS' NATION/REGION*
2015 Australia (The New Aussies)
2016 France
2017 Muslim women
2018 Romania
2019 Russia
2020 Romania
2021 Czech Republic
2022 Czech Republic

*RECENT RG "UPSET QUEENS" NATION/REGION*
2015 Croatia
2016 South America
2017 South America
2018 Ukraine
2019 Russia
2020 Australia
2021 Slovenia
2022 France

*RG "NATIONS OF POOR SOULS"*
2012 ROU (1-5 in 1st Rd.; Cadantu double-bageled)
2013 CZE (2-8 in 1st Rd.)
2014 CHN (0-4 in 1st; Sh.Zhang "1st Loss" & #2 Li, AO champ)
2015 USA (4-13 in 1st Rd.; most players in draw)
2016 ITA (Quartet 0-3 in 1st Rd.; Pennetta retired)
2017 GER (2-5 1st Rd.; #1 Kerber out)
2018 LAT (both DC Ostapenko & Sevastova out 1st Rd.)
2019 ITA (0-2; first none in RG 2nd Rd. since 1982)
2020 USA (4 seeds pre-3r, Serena w/d 2r, US QF/SF Rogers/Brady 1r, Venus 1r, Gauff 2r w/ 19 DF)
2021 GER (0-3 in 1st Rd.; Kerber FSO 2 con GS/2 of 3 RG; Siegemund 1r)
2022 HUN (0-4 in 1st Rd.; Galfi 2 MP in loss)

*RECENT RG "CRASH-AND-BURN" WINNERS*
2015 Simona Halep, ROU (2nd Rd.)
2016 Angelique Kerber, GER (1st Rd./AO champ)
2017 Angelique Kerber, GER (1st Rd., earliest RG #1 ever)
2018 Alona Ostapenko, LAT (1st Rd., earliest RG DC since '05)
2019 Alona Ostapenko, LAT (1st Rd.; zero RG wins before/after '17 title)
2020 2020 US Open SF (Osaka DNP, Brady 1r, Serena w/d 2r, Azarenka 2r - in 24 hrs)
2021 Ash Barty, AUS and Naomi Osaka, JPN (#1 seed ret. 2r; #2 seed w/d 2r)
2022 Barbora Krejckova, CZE (1st/DC) and Ons Jabuer, TUN (hottest non-Iga on clay)

*2022 FIRST CAREER SLAM MD WINS
-AUSTRALIAN OPEN (9)-
Lucia Bronzetti, ITA
Jaqueline Cristian, ROU
Maddison Inglis, AUS
Nuria Parrizas Diaz, ESP
Gabriela Ruse, ROU
Wang Xinyu, CHN
Maryna Zanevska, BEL
Zheng Qinwen, CHN
-ROLAND GARROS (3)-
Fernanda Contreras, MEX
Elsa Jacquemot, FRA
Leolia Jeanjean, FRA
Katie Volynets, USA

In 2001 a psycho unsuccessfully tried to detonate a shoe bomb and 21 years later we’re still having to take off our shoes at the airport. Our babies are being SLAUGHTERED by weapons of mass destruction and you do NOTHING. Shame on all you feckless politicians. @GOP.

— ryan (Narcissistic, my god I love it) (@SourceRyan) May 25, 2022

TOP QUALIFIER: #2q Jule Niemeier/GER (slam MD debut; 7 games lost in 3 Q-matches)
TOP EARLY-ROUND (1r-2r): xx
TOP MIDDLE-ROUND (3r-QF): xx
TOP LATE-ROUND (SF-F): xx
TOP QUALIFYING MATCH: Q2: #10q Viktoriya Tomova/BUL def. Marina Melnikova/RUS 2-6/7-5/6-0 (trailed 6-2/5-1; reached MD as LL)
TOP EARLY-RD. MATCH (1r-2r): xx
TOP MIDDLE-RD. MATCH (3r-QF): xx
TOP LATE-RD. MATCH (SF-F/Jr.-WC): xx
=============================
FIRST VICTORY: #26 Sorana Cirstea/ROU (def. Maria/GER)
FIRST SEED OUT: #6 Ons Jabeur/TUN (1st Rd. to Magda Linette/POL)
FIRST SLAM MD WINS: Fernanda Contreras/MEX, Elsa Jacquemot/FRA, Leolia Jeanjean/FRA, Katie Volynets/USA
UPSET QUEENS: France
REVELATION LADIES: Czech Republic
NATION OF POOR SOULS: Hungary (0-4 1st Rd., Galfi 2 MP in loss)
LAST QUALIFIER STANDING: in 2r: Contreras/MEX, Danilovic/SRB, Krunic/SRB, Vekic/CRO
LAST WILD CARD STANDING: in 2r: Jacquemot/FRA, Jeanjean/FRA, Saville/AUS, Volynets/USA
PROTECTED RANKING WINS: in 2r: Andreescu/CAN
LAST PASTRY STANDING: in 2r: Cornet, Garcia, Jacquemot, Jeanjean, Parry
Ms./Mademoiselle OPPORTUNITY: xx
IT "TBD": Nominee: Parry/FRA
COMEBACK PLAYER: xx
CRASH & BURN: #6 Ons Jabeur/TUN (1st Rd. to Linette; Madrid W/Rome RU - previous three who reached both finals also reached RG final); #2 Barbora Krejcikova/CZE (DC; 1st Rd. to Parry, led 6-1/2-0)
ZOMBIE QUEEN OF PARIS: Top Nominees (of far too many to list here): Danilovic (3 Q-round comeback; 1st Rd saved 2 MP vs. Galfi); Kerber (1st Rd. - Frech served for match, held 2 MP)
DOUBLES STAR: xx
VETERAN PLAYER (KIMIKO CUP): xx
Mademoiselle/Madame OF THE EVENING: xx
JUNIOR BREAKOUT: xx
Légion de Lenglen HONOREE: Alize Cornet/FRA
Coupe LA PETIT TAUREAU: Diane Parry, FRA (one-handed backhand) Additional nominee: Swiatek






All for Day 3. More tomorrow.