Bravely entering the second round of the 2025 French Open women's singles, Glenn Joanna became the first person in Chinese Taipei since Xie Shuwei

On the 28th local time, Chinese Taipei star Glenn Joanna endured the discomfort of a cold in the first round of the women's singles at the 2025 French Open, defeating her American rival Volynez 6:3, 3:6, 6:4, and bravely entered the second round, becoming the first Chinese Taipei female player since Xie Shuwei.

Bravely entered the second round of the women's singles of the French Open, Glenn Joanna became the first Chinese Taipei female player since Xie Shuwei

Glenn Joanna, ranked 175 in the world, remembered the lesson of losing the French Open qualifying tournament for the first time in 2023, and now she has made a comeback with 3 consecutive wins and 1 set without losing 1 set, and has entered the Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career, and is also the only singles hope for Chinese Taipei this year, but the 23-year-old Ge Lan revealed that she actually caught a cold after the third round of the qualifying tournament last Saturday. ”

Facing the world No. 65 Volynez in the main draw of the Grand Slam main draw debut, Glenn Joanna was not afraid, and the opening match broke each other to take the lead, although the second set was high due to unforced errors, the fourth game let the opponent break back to pull back a city, the battle line was dragged into the deciding set She withstood the pressure and launched a Jedi counterattack from 0:3, "I fell behind so much, I just let it go, I didn't think about the result, and went all out in the last few games, I didn't expect to play a reversal victory, a little lucky and happy." In the end, Glenn fell behind 2:4, played four games in a row, and became the final winner after 2 hours and 16 minutes of fierce battle.

Glenn Joanna pointed to her name on a billboard for the French Open

Glenn Joanna continues her clay feel and tenacious fighting spirit, not only is she the sixth Chinese Taipei female player in history to win a single match in a Grand Slam tournament, but also since Hsieh Shuwei in the second round of the French Open in 2020, there are Chinese Taipei players who have won the French Open for five years, and will meet Kazakhstan's Putintseva in the round of 64, which is also the first time the two have met, she said: "The other party is experienced and not easy to play, I will continue to fight, please fans cheer for me." ”