PARIS — A cool breeze blew north to south across Court Philippe Chatrier throughout its final match Monday, complicating an already chilly meeting.
The fourth-round match between 28th-seeded Caroline Garcia and No. 43-ranked Alizé Cornet was the latest-stage meeting between two Frenchwomen at Roland Garros in 44 years, but it came at a tense moment for French women’s tennis.
At the match’s conclusion — Garcia having clinched a 6-2, 6-4 victory with a deep crosscourt forehand — the crowd reacted with delight when the two clasped hands and kissed each other on both cheeks in traditional French fashion, chummily bumped shoulders, and smiled.