While the last four of the 2021 Roland-Garros junior tournament was 100% French, Gabriel Debru (16) is the only French survivor in the quarter-finals this year. The Grenoblois, 15th in the world juniors, got rid of the Brazilian Joao Fonseca this Wednesday (7-5, 6-3) and has not yet lost a set in three matches.
The man who passed the first round of qualifying for the main draw two weeks ago by beating his compatriot Arthur Fils, finalist in the juniors last year, will face the Slovak Peter Benjamin Privara (24th in the world juniors) on Thursday for a place in the semis. -finals.
He will not be accompanied by Arthur Gea (17), dismissed by the Croatian Dino Prizmic (7-6 [3], 6-2) in the round of 16. The only Frenchwoman still in the running in the women’s draw, Yaroslava Bartashevich (17) fell to Argentina’s Solana Sierra (6-2, 7-5).