The Roland Garros junior tournament begins this Sunday with six Spanish representatives, three in the men's box and another three in the women's. Mario Mansilla, Diego Barreto and Pablo Llamas, on the one hand, and Ane Mintegi, Jessica Bouzas and Leyre Romero on the other.
Mario Mansilla Díez (Burgos, 18 years old) comes from the Oliveira Tennis Pro and makes his debut in Paris. He will face the American Bruno Kuzuhara this Sunday (11:00). Diego Augusto Barreto Sánchez (Valencia, 18 years old), another rookie who is progressing at Juan Carlos Ferrero's Equelite Academy, will face the Russian Egor Agafonov on Monday. Pablo Llamas Ruiz (Jerez, 18 years old) also plays this Sunday (15:00) and will meet Argentine Alex Barrena in the first round.
Ane Mintegi del Olmo (Idiazabal, 16 years old), a veteran of Junior Grand Slams despite still being a teenager, will meet the seed number 9 of Germany on Monday, Alexandra Vecic. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Villagarcía de Arousa, 18 years old) will face this Sunday (13:00) with the sixth favorite, the Latvian Kamilla Bartone. And Leyre Romero Gormaz (Valencia, 18 years old), at the 16th seed, also this Sunday (17:00) with Belarusian Jana Kolodynska.