Danilovic stumps seed in southpaw showdown – Roland-Garros 2025

Danilovic’s perspective

How she prepared to face a fellow lefty: “Normally I play against righties so in Grand Slams it’s nice because you have some time to try to find a lefty to practise with, but in this match, honestly, I knew who I was playing against and if I wasn’t aggressive she would be for sure, so I knew what I had to do and what my game should look like on court. I think I did it really well and I’m proud of that.”

Finding a fellow lefty to practise with is as difficult as Ben Shelton and Jack Draper suggest: “It’s so true because when I’m playing a righty and I ask a girl she’s like ‘yeah, but I can’t, blah blah blah”, but then when they’re playing lefties, oh my god, I have like 10 requests for the practice, so it is true it’s not that easy to find the practice partner but I think we’re used to that by now.”

Debut run to a Grand Slam fourth round spurs on Danilovic: “Definitely, I take it as confidence because I love to play here and in general in France I play quite good so I took it as a positive thing that I know the court and I know how to play here. I’m enjoying it very much.”