French Open qualifying 2026: British duo one win from Roland Garros main draw

There were defeats for Jay Clarke and Harriet Dart in the second round of qualifying in Paris, while British number three Jan Choinski withdrew before his match against France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert.

Clarke lost 6-4 6-3 to 382nd-ranked Frenchman Thomas Faurel before Dart was beaten 6-1 6-4 by Spain’s world number 159 Leyre Romero Gormaz.

Former world number four Bianca Andreescu and two-time major finalist Karolina Pliskova were also beaten in qualifying.

Canada’s Andreescu, the 2019 US Open champion, fell to a 6-7 (2-7) 6-4 6-4 defeat against Slovakia’s Viktoria Hruncakova.

Czech 34-year-old Pliskova, runner-up at Wimbledon in 2021 and the 2016 US Open, lost 6-3 6-2 against Spain’s Marina Bassols Ribera.

But former US Open champion and 2018 Roland-Garros runner-up Sloane Stephens progressed to the final qualifying round with a 6-4 6-1 win against Italy’s Lisa Pigato.

Away from Roland Garros, British men’s number one Cameron Norrie suffered a second-round exit at the Geneva Open.

World number 22 Norrie, who received a first-round bye, lost 6-4 6-4 to 42nd-ranked Argentine Mariano Navone.