The 38th edition of the #IS kicked off on Saturday with the start of qualifying.
4 French players were in the running. While Amandine HESSE, Elsa JACQUEMOT and Jessika PONCHET were defeated, Chloé PAQUET pulled off a surprise by defeating Sofia KENIN (USA) on her 11th match point(!): 6-4, 7-6 and reaching the 2nd qualifying round.
Photo credit : Michael Klug
Here bellow all results of the day :
E. Andreeva – E. Jacquemot (FRA) 6-3, 6-4
A. Krueger (USA) – V. Zvonareva 6-0, 6-0
C. Paquet (FRA) – S. Kenin (USA) 6-4, 7-6(4)
D. Saville (AUS) – A. Hesse (FRA) 6-1, 6-1
Y. Putintseva (KAZ) – A. Raina (IND) 6-1, 6-0
C. Bucsa (ESP) – S. Shapatava (GEO) 6-3, 6-3
M. Frech (POL) – J. Kolodynska 6-2, 6-1
M. Bouzkova (CZE) – J. Ponchet (FRA) 6-4, 6-1
This Sunday, matches begin at 10 a.m.
Here bellow the matches of the day :