Flipkens and Wickmayer head to French Open

While both players have at times impressed in recent years, neither have been close to winning any of the majors, and Flipkens’ Quebec Bell Challenge win in September of 2012 is the only WTA title they have between them.

Flipkens (pictured) is still hoping that her late bloom – the 28-year-old reached her first ever Grand Slam semi-final at Wimbledon last year – will continue. Now ranked 22nd in the world, down from a career high of 13 last August, she lost her first match last week in the Internationaux de Strasbourg to 96th ranked Zarina Diyas.

Wickmayer has slipped more dramatically: The 24-year-old, once 12th, is now in 65th place in the world rankings and is still struggling to justify her earlier career promise. 

Flemish player Alison Van Uytvanck (94) will also be on the courts in Paris but not An-Sophie Mestach (149), who had to pull out of a qualification match. On the men’s side, Ruben Bemelmans (164) and Kimmer Coppejans (221) are set to play one another in a qualification on Thursday.

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