PARIS: France's Leolia Jeanjean plays a forehand return to Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova during their women's singles match on day five of the Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament here on Thursday — AFP PARIS, May 26 (AFP): Karolina Pliskova became the sixth top 10 women's seed to exit the French Open on Thursday when she was knocked out by world number 227 Leolia Jeanjean.
Eighth-seeded Pliskova, last year's Wimbledon runner-up and a semi-finalist in Paris in 2017, lost 6-2, 6-2 to the 26-year-old Frenchwoman who cut her teeth as a leading college player in the United States.
Former number one Pliskova joins fellow top 10 seeds, defending champion Barbora Krejcikova, Maria Sakkari, Ons Jabeur, Anett Kontaveit and former winner Garbine Muguruza in failing to get through to the third round.
Jeanjean is the lowest-ranked woman to beat a top 10 player at Roland Garros in 34 years.
"I don't really realise what's going on. I find it just incredible," said Jeanjean, all smiles on the court just after his victory.
Considered a future star at 12, Jeanjean saw her career abruptly halted by injuries, including a triple dislocation of the knee.
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