WTA French Open R2: Marie Bouzkova vs Sonay Kartal
🧠 Form & Context
🇨🇿 Marie Bouzkova
- 🩹 Injury-plagued year: Missed the entire Middle East swing and suffered a winless streak from the Australian Open through Miami.
- 💪 Signs of life: Beat 30th seed Kalinskaya 6-4, 7-5 in R1—her first top-30 Grand Slam win outside grass.
- 🌱 Clay improvement: Quarterfinalist in Bogotá and reached R3 in Rome before retiring from Strasbourg due to a leg issue.
- 📍 Roland Garros record: Best result was R3 in 2024, which she’ll look to match or better here.
🇬🇧 Sonay Kartal
- 💥 Dream debut: Thrashed Erika Andreeva 6-0, 6-2 in just over an hour in her first-ever French Open main draw match.
- 🏆 2024 breakthrough: Won her first WTA title in Monastir and added six ITF trophies to crack the top 100.
- 📈 2025 momentum: Made R4 at Indian Wells and posted solid clay performances in Madrid and Rome.
- 🧱 Another Slam step: Could reach her second career Grand Slam third round (after Wimbledon 2024) with a win here.
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