Tauson crashes out in Strasbourg as Holmgren closes in on French Open ticket

[p]Danish tennis player [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tauson-clara/2PPTHPya/"]Clara Tauson[/a] on Wednesday lost in her final warm-up tournament for the French Open, which begins on Sunday in Paris.[/p][p]After having a bye in the first round, fourth-seeded Tauson lost to the Romanian Jaqueline Cristian 1-6, 5-7.[/p][p]After a terrible first set, Tauson improved tremendously, but it was not enough to avoid defeat against the World No. 33.[/p][p]Tauson, who has dropped to 21st in the rankings after being ranked 14th at the beginning of the year, has had a difficult few months marked by injuries, especially in her back.[/p][p]She has withdrawn from several tournaments and also had to pull out of matches in both Miami and Rome.[/p][embed guid="ce5f7689-fb9a-4807-95cd-5f8719beb2ae" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2057063262299009182" social-type="twitter" /][p]On Wednesday, she managed to complete a match for the first time since 8 March but came up short against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cristian-jaqueline/vo9FVe2A/"]Christian[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/holmgren-august/QTqxSQsj/"]August Holmgren[/a] had a better day at the office and is just one win away from qualifying for the main draw of the French Open.[/p][p]On Wednesday, he defeated the 17-year-old French wild card player [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jade-daniel/ABqFnqUJ/"]Daniel Jade[/a] 6-3, 6-3 in the second round of the qualifying tournament. [/p][p]Holmgren was just one level above the talented Frenchman, who is ranked 1447th in the world.[/p][p]The serve in particular gave the Dane a big lead, and he gave up almost nothing in his own games.[/p]