Šeško becomes only the third Slovenian to win a junior title at one of the Grand Slams and the first since Katarina Srebotnik won the Wimbledon Girls' Singles title in 1998, when she beat future Ladies Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters of Belgium.
The MED9 group is made up of France, Slovenia, Greece, Cyprus, Croatia, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain.
Veronika Erjavec, the highest ranked Slovenian on the WTA Tour, lost her 1st round match to Dutch player Suzan Lemens earlier today in straight sets. It was her first time making the main draw at one of the year's four major tournaments.
It will be Zidanšek's 6th time playing on the clay at Roland Garros. She is ranked 131st in the world and had to get through three rounds of qualifying to reach the first round. She has been as high as 22nd in the singles rankings.
In 1923, in Trbovlje a general mining strike begins. 9,400 miners demanded an increase in wages.
In 1867, the Slovenian artist, one of the most prominent representatives of Slovenian impressionist, Ivan Grohar is born. His best-known paintings are The Sower, The Larch, and The Rake.
In 1855, in Blankenburg, German archaeologist Robert Koldewey is born. Between 1899 and 1917 he researched Babylon and proved that this biblical place really existed, and moreover south of Baghdad.
