France has already found quick consolation for the defeat of Jannik Sinner, the world number one who was seeking to complete the Grand Slam on the land of Roland Garros. Moise Kouamé, only 17 years old, excites an entire country with his qualification for the third round of the French Open.
Kouamé, a junior with a professional physique, has gotten rid of the Paraguayan Adolfo Daniel Vallejo, 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6 and 7-6(8), in 4 hours and 56 minutes. “I remembered what Alcaraz said last year, that you had to believe until the end. That’s what I did,” he said in conclusion.
La Susanne Lenglen, the second largest slope in the Bois de Boulogne, has become too small to encourage the new enthusiasm of French tennis.
The youngest since Nadal
With a mix of the power of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and the spectacle of Gael Monfils, The French people have already found a possible replacement for Yannick Noah, the last home musketeer in the land of Paris.
He is the second youngest to win the first two matches of a Grand Slam tournament since Rafael Nadal, at Wimbledon 2003.