Tennis : "I still have the margin of progression", Gracheva made Keys wave during a set in Rome

The only Frenchman competing in Rome's WTA 1000 tournament shook the world's number 6, then folded in two rounds.

After her successful debut against Australian Ajla Tomljanovic, Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva had a big opposition in the second round. On the Roman beaten land, the number one tricolor at the WTA was facing the world number 6, Madison Keys. After her elimination in Madrid by Swiatek, the American was arguing this Thursday her first game in Rome. Favorite, the winner in Melbourne had trouble. Gracheva did not go far from the feat, especially in t…

The only French representative in the main table of the Rome WTA 1000, Varvara Gracheva was eliminated in the second round by Madison Keys, 6th World, this Thursday (7-6 (4], 6-1).