The 21-year-old tennis star from Berkel and Rodenrijs defeated Jessika Ponchet from France on Baan 18 of the Community Sports Center Roehampton in two sets: 6-4 6-4. She is now playing against Kaja Juvan from Slovenia.
The Dutch number 191 of the World Ranking has to win two games to get the main tournament. Koevermans never managed to qualify for the main schedule of a grand slam tournament. Arianne Hartono already reached the second qualifying round on Tuesday. Hartono affects the Australian Talia Gibson.
France under the spell of Loïs Boisson: these players also caused unprecedented sensation on Roland Garros
For Loïs Boisson, the qualifying tournament was already over after a round. The Française, who surprisingly reached the semi-final at Roland Garros, lost in three sets of the Canadian Carson Branstine: 2-6 7-6 (1) 4-6.
Gijs Brouwer and Guy den Ouden were the only Dutch men in the qualifying tournament. They both lost in the first round on Monday.