Bernard Tomic and Casey Dellacqua are the two lucky Australians who will receive wildcards into this years French Open maindraw. These wildcards are given out as a reciprocal agreement between the Australian and French Tennis Federations.
It will be very interesting to see if Tomic (only 18 years old) can grab some success on the clay at Roland Garros. While Dellacqua has been on the comeback after a year full of injuries.
At this years French Open there will be a lot of female players with great opportunities to impress, but it still seems that the Australian men aren’t holding up their end of the bargain.
Wildcards for the 2010 French Open have been announced and here is who got in.
The men’s wildcards were given to the following players:
Josselin Ouanna (No. 126), Edouard Roger-Vasselin (No. 130), David Guez (No. 137), Nicolas Mahut (No. 157), Laurent Recouderc (No. 161), Gianni Mina (No. 654—Orange Bowl champion), Ryan Sweeting (No. 124—US reciprocal wildcard), and Carsten Ball (No. 119—Australian reciprocal wildcard).
In exchange for Sweeting’s and Ball’s place in the French Open draw, the French Tennis Federation will be allowed a homegrown player at both the Australian and US Opens.
The women’s wildcards were given to the following players:
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, Claire Feuerstein, Stephanie Foretz, Jarmila Groth, Mathilde Johansson, Christina McHale, Kristina Mladenovic, and Olivia Sanchez.
The French Open Championships are set to kick off on May 23rd.
The wildcards for the 2009 French Open have been decided. There are a few suprises and it is great to see that the wildcards are going to up and coming talent as well as some older campaigners.
Mens Wildcards:
- Gaston Gaudio
- Bernard Tomic
- John Isner
- Adrian Mannarino
- Josselin Ouanna
- Laurent Recouderc
- Guillaume Rufin
- Alexandre Siderenko
Womens Wildcards:
- Lauren Embree
- Olivia Rogowska
- Claire Feuerstein
- Kinni Laisne
- Emilie Loit
- Kristina Mladenovic
- Irena Pavlovic
- Olivia Sanchez
