A s Barbora Krejcikova looks ahead to the defence of her Czechmight be best advised not to dwell on the fate of other recent first-time Grand Slam champions at Roland Garros. Of the last five women who claimed their maiden Grand Slam singles title in Paris, one lost in the first round on her next appearance in the French capital, another lost in the second, a third in the fourth and the other two in the quarter-finals. Nor are the difficulties in building on a Grand Slam breakthrough restricted to those who achieved it in Paris, as Bianca Andreescu, Sofia Kenin and Sloane Stephens have all discovered in recent years. singles title at the French Open this spring, the 26-year-old Nevertheless, Krejcikova’s results since her remarkable performances last year in
Sealed with a kiss Barbora Krejcikova celebrates her singles triumph at Roland Garros last summer
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