Qualified for the second round of Roland-Garros, the French Fiona Ferro has no equipment supplier. A matter of time according to her.
Fifty-one days after her last official match, Fiona Ferro, 49th in the world, took the first round of Roland Garros on Tuesday, dominating the English Heather Watson in two sets (7-6, 6-4). A precious success. Because the Frenchwoman was injured during her victorious tournament in Palermo. And she was unable to take part in the American tour, or even in the clay courts of Rome or Strasbourg.
“I actually had rib edema,” she explained. “It’s only been two, three weeks that I can play again. I think I did pretty well compared to that. haven’t been dealing with the emotions of games in the last six, seven weeks. It’s not easy but I managed to stay calm when I missed my two set points in the first, but I made a good tie -break. I was constant at this level on the emotions throughout the match. I’m pretty happy with that. Afterwards, in terms of the game, of course it can be better, there are some things to improve but that’s good because I’ll have the opportunity to do it in the next game. “
“I don’t necessarily see it badly, I have something to dress up”
Thursday, Fiona Ferro will challenge Kazakhe Elena Rybakina, seeded n ° 15. Curiosity: top 50 and number 3 in France, it does not have an equipment supplier contract. “I just tell myself that it’s a matter of time before I have one, that I have to play even better maybe so that brands are interested in me. After that, I don’t live it. inevitably badly, I have something to dress. I have nothing else to say about that. “
At the end of 2017, Alizé Cornet had been brutally dropped by the crocodile brand. But she had found an Italian partner right away. In 2010, Marion Bartoli had revealed that she was obliged to supply herself in large public stores. “People sometimes have a hard time believing it when they see me buying my clothes and my shoes in stores, said the Frenchwoman. I’m probably not blonde enough, not tall enough and not thin enough.”
