For the second time in three years, there is no more French in contention at the call of the third round at Roland-Garros. Before 2021, such a failure had never hit French tennis.
The new management team of the French Tennis Federation (FFT) has set up a system for detecting future talent. But the road still seems long before shining a nugget for young French players. The next generation, for both men and women, is not there. The story looked beautiful, even if the title seemed objectively out of reach.