Leolia Jeanjean stuns Karolina Pliskova at the French Open

Little-known Frenchwoman Leolia Jeanjean caused a sensation at Roland Garros by knocking out eighth seed Karolina Pliskova.

The 26-year-old wildcard, ranked 227 in the world, beat last year's Wimbledon runner-up 6-2 6-2.

In doing so Jeanjean became the lowest-ranked woman to win a match against a top-10 player at the French Open since Conchita Martinez beat Lori McNeil in 1988.

It is a remarkable achievement for a player who was a talented junior but who gave up tennis for almost five years after suffering a serious knee injury.

"I don’t really know what to say actually because what’s happening right now, it’s really something I never imagine before," Jeanjean said.

"You know, when I stopped playing for four, five years, I never told myself I’d be in the third round of a grand slam.

"I don’t have an explanation. I don’t even realise what’s happening. I know I’m 26. It’s my first grand slam. I thought I would have lost in the first round in two sets, and now I found myself beating a top-10 player."

Jeanjean will play Irina-Camelia Begu, who knocked out 30th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova on a 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-4 scoreline, in the third round.

Begu was perhaps fortunate to escape with just a warning after bouncing her racquet on the floor in frustration and watching it spin up into the crowd, apparently leaving a child in tears.

She said: "Well, it’s an embarrassing moment for me, so I don’t want to talk too much about it. I just want to apologise.

"In my whole career I didn’t do something like this, and I feel really bad and sorry. So I’m just going to say again, sorry for the incident and, yeah, it was just an embarrassing moment for me.

"It was a difficult moment because I didn’t want to hit that racquet, you know. It was, you know, you