There were five Canadian women in the first round of qualifying. But it was a tall order for four of them, with Bianca Andreescu expected to win – and winning.
She gets a hard hitter in Viktoria Hruncakova in the second round. The Slovak played another Canadian, Katherine Sebov, on Tuesday and after strolling through the first set, found herself in a battle in the second. Which she narrowly won in a tiebreak.
Andreescu’s variety should be able to exploit Hruncakova’s rather mid movement.
(Rome is six hours ahead of EDT)
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Location: Paris, France
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: May 18-22, 2026
Draws: S128
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Order of play
Qualifying, second round
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Court Suzanne-LENGLEN (10 a.m. start – 4 a.m. EDT)
1. [8] Maja CHWALINSKA (POL) vs Carole MONNET (FRA)
3. [14] Aliaksandra SASNOVICH (BLR) vs [WC] Océane DODIN (FRA)
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Court 14
2. [29] Lisa PIGATO (ITA) vs Sloane STEPHENS (USA)
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Court 7
3. [20] Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) vs Marina BASSOLS RIBERA (ESP)
4. Linda FRUHVIRTOVA (CZE) vs. [WC] Jessika PONCHET (FRA)
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Court 6
1. Sofia COSTOULAS (BEL) vs. Mai HONTAMA (JPN)
2. [32] Lola RADIVOJEVIC (SRB) vs Greet MINNEN (BEL)
5. [24] Maria TIMOFEEVA (UZB) vs Maria Lourdes CARLE (ARG)
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Court 2
3. Julia RIERA (ARG) vs. Robin MONTGOMERY (USA)
4. [30] Xiyu WANG (CHN) vs Storm HUNTER (AUS)
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Court 3
1. [22] Tamara ZIDANSEK (SLO) vs Anna-Lena FRIEDSAM (GER)
2. [21] Himeno SAKATSUME (JPN) vs Kathinka VON DEICHMANN (LIE)
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Court 4
2. Elena PRIDANKINA (RUS) vs. Julia AVDEEVA (RUS)
3. [15] Alina KORNEEVA (RUS) vs. Jazmin ORTENZI (ARG)
5. Polina KUDERMETOVA (UZB) vs. Viktoriya TOMOVA (BUL)
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Court 5
1. [17] Suzan LAMENS (NED) vs [PR] Irina-Camelia BEGU (ROU)
4. [26] Katarzyna KAWA (POL) vs Claire LIU (USA)
5. Rebecca SRAMKOVA (SVK) vs. Francisca JORGE (POR)
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Court 8
2. [9] Mayar SHERIF (EGY) vs. Martina TREVISAN (ITA)
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Court 9
1. [2] Sinja KRAUS (AUT) vs Noma NOHA AKUGUE (GER)
3. [12] Dominika SALKOVA (CZE) vs. Susan BANDECCHI (SUI)
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Court 10
2. Harriet DART (GBR) vs. Leyre ROMERO GORMAZ (ESP)
3. Mary STOIANA (USA) vs. Matilde JORGE (POR)
5. Lucia BRONZETTI (ITA) vs. Lucrezia STEFANINI (ITA)
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Court 11
2. [27] Kaitlin QUEVEDO (ESP) vs Teodora KOSTOVIC (SRB)
4. [7] Darja SEMENISTAJA (LAT) vs. Katarina ZAVATSKA (UKR)
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Court 12
3. [3] Ashlyn KRUEGER (USA) vs. Luisina GIOVANNINI (ARG)
4. [5] Lulu SUN (NZL) vs. Aoi ITO (JPN)
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Court 13
1. Despina PAPAMICHAIL (GRE) vs. Hanyu GUO (CHN)
2. [11] Kaja JUVAN (SLO) vs Guiomar MARISTANY ZULETA DE REALES (ESP)
4. [WC] Harmony TAN (FRA) vs Xinyu GAO (CHN)
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