The carnage continues at the top of the women’s ranking at Roland-Garros: Danielle Collins, 9th player in the world, was beaten Thursday in the second round by her compatriot the American Shelby Rodgers (50th), 6-4, 6-3, becoming the 7th member of the world’s top 10 to leave prematurely in Paris.
Only Iga Swiatek (N.1), Paula Badosa (N.4) and Aryna Sabalenka (N.7) remain in the running, all qualified this Thursday for the third round.
On the other hand, the world N.8, Karolína Pliskova fell at the end of the morning against the French, Leolia Jeanjean (227th). She joins the clan of eliminated Maria Sakkari, 3rd in the world and semi-finalist in Paris last year, who fell in the second round on Wednesday, and Barbora Krejcikova (N.2 and defending champion in Paris), Anett Kontaveit (N.5 ), Ons Jabeur (N.6) and Garbine Muguruza (N.10), who all fell to first.
Quarter-finalist at Roland-Garros in 2016, Rodgers, 29, will face the Russian competing under a neutral banner, Daria Kasatkina (20th) to try to reach the knockout stages.
