On Tuesday, 96 women will start their bids for just 12 places, with the potential rewards life-changing. Just two years ago, Istomin stunned Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open second round, but on the Parisian clay he fell to Brown -- the camper-van driving, shock Wimbledon conqueror of Rafael Nadal in 2015. The 33-year-old is a lowly 256th in the rankings himself after a severe loss of form and fresh injury problems. This year, though, there was no fairytale for the Argentinian who has only qualified for one ATP event this season, as he was dumped out on Monday by French world number 516 Hugo Gaston in straight sets. Timea Bacsinszky could be one to watch this time around when she starts her campaign on Tuesday -- the 29-year-old Swiss is a two-time French Open semi-finalist.

Source: Bangkok Post May 21, 2019 01:18 UTC