Fatal skid by the heroine of Roland Garros at Wimbledon

The luck factor also counts in elite sport. Without work there is no success, but to reap the fruits of good daily work it is also necessary to have the help of chance. Or, at least, not suffer betrayal in the form of misfortune.

In one month you can go from being an absolute heroine at Roland Garros to leaving Wimbledon right away because of one of those bad slips that are so common on the grass. From not having any help, without sponsorship, not even to wear the same uniform every game, to being the focus of sponsors and an idol in his country.

The Polish Maja Chwalinska changed the fate of her tennis life in Paris, reaching the final, which she lost to the Russian Mirra Andreevafrom the previous phase. Among the prizes she received, an invitation to play Wimbledon since she was number 116 when the cut was made, which did not allow her to enter the draw directly.

She is now No. 21 thanks to Roland Garros, but her moment of ecstasy ended in her second appearance at the All England Club in London. She was eliminated when she had the match in her hands.

He dominated the rest 6-2, 5-2 and 30-40. At the ‘match’ point, she slipped and damaged her right ankle, which had to be treated medically. He ran out of match ball. And, what was worse, without the opportunity to compete properly. He conceded a 0-5 partial, he rushed into the void.

With movement difficulties, he lost 2-6, 7-5 and 6-2 in 2h.41′. The lucky one was the rival, the Thai Mananchaya Sawangkaew23 years old and world number 164, debutant at Wimbledon after having survived the three matches of the qualifying phase, which he resolved all to the limit, in three sets. In the last round she beat the Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin beating three match balls.

The Asian already has four lifts. The American will be measured in the second round Alicia Parks or the British Alicia Dudeney.