Drova in a panic!

María Camila Osorio Serrano, 24 years old, WTA 80, coached by Ricardo Sánchez, comes into Roland-Garros riding a remarkable wave of momentum. Nine consecutive wins before this first round, three WTA titles in her career all on clay in Bogota, and 2026 clay indicators that crush her opponent on almost every metric. Her return is a real weapon on this surface: 46.4% of return games won, 62.7% on the opponent’s second serve, 52.7% of break points converted. She builds patiently from the baseline, varies the tempo, and knows how to force errors from her opponent over the long run. One caveat, however: here at Roland-Garros, Osorio has reached the second round in 2022, 2023, and 2024, every single time. She always wins her first round but stalls in the second. And with her form fluctuating, she lets sets slip away that she shouldn’t be losing.

Ekaterina Alexandrova, 31 years old, WTA 14, coached by Igor Andreev since December 2024, is going through the worst stretch of her season. Two wins and eight losses in her last ten matches, 1–4 on clay in 2026, knocked out by Ann Li 6–1 6–2 in Strasbourg last week. Her 2026 clay Match Efficiency at 0.250 and her 25% of return games won tell the story of a player completely lost on this surface at the moment. Her flat, aggressive game, designed for faster courts, loses its substance on slow clay that neutralizes her early ball-striking. Five WTA titles in her career, none on clay. But at Grand Slams, Alexandrova is a different player. Fourth round here in 2025, a well-documented ability to raise her level on big occasions, and 100% of tiebreaks won on clay in 2026. She systematically starts tournaments slowly, but she transcends herself on the big stages.