Fortunately, Gaël Monfils put a little color at the end of the day by beating the Serbian Kecmanovic (4-6, 7-5, 6-3).
Because for the Blues, the atmosphere was rather gloomy after the defeats of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Richard Gasquet in two extended games which resulted in a postponement of more than an hour and a half of the evening session.
Frenchman: Richard Gasquet
There was no miracle. The Biterrois suffered the law of the Bulgarian Dimitrov (n ° 16) for his entry into the running (6-1, 4-6, 6-2). But given the speed at which the first set went, we could expect a correction for the French. In the duel of two of the most beautiful one-handed setbacks on the circuit - they still amply proved it on Tuesday - the Habs were able to resist the second set, before sinking physically at the end of the match. She now has two weeks to restore her health. Gasquet is indeed selected to defend the colors of France in the Davis Cup at the end of the month ...
💥 @ GrigorDimitrov records his
fourth consecutive victory against Richard #Gasquet.
The Bulgarian, who dropped a set, won 6-1 4-6 6-2 and headed for the second round of the Masters 1000 at Paris-Bercy.
Next @karenkhachanov.
🎥 @ TennisTV # RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/notV4PtpJq
- So Tennis (@ sotennis1) November 2, 2021
The number: 3
Australian Alexei Popyrin left only three small games (6-0, 6-3) to his compatriot Alex De Minaur in the first round.
The native of Sydney, of Russian origin, perfectly knew how to seize his chance.
Chance is the word.
Eliminated in qualifying, Popyrin benefited from the package of South African Lloyd Harris to slip into the big picture.
On the next lap, the step will be a little higher with the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (n ° 3)…
The lucky looser Alexei Popyrin gets rid of his compatriot Alex De Minaur in less than an hour!
6-0, 6.3 🇦🇺 #RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/reYd1dESz5
- ROLEX PARIS MASTERS (@RolexPMasters) November 2, 2021
The sentence: "I have always enjoyed playing in France"
Winner of the doubles tournament last year, Félix Auger-Aliassime passed the first round against the Italian Mager (4-6, 6-4, 6-1).
The French-speaking Canadian, trained by a French coach, Frédéric Fontang, appreciates France.
“I had good times in Lyon when I played in the Challenger, in Marseille, he breathes.
To have all these tennis fans who are happy to see tennis, who are happy to see me, it's sure that it's really nice.
Hope to have a good week ahead of them.
"
P😁RIS #rolexparismasters
📸: Corinne Dubreuil pic.twitter.com/Qi7bBK4oXk
- Félix AugerAliassime (@felixtennis) November 2, 2021
The image
With two double faults on his last two services after saving two match points in a sumptuous way, Pierre-Hugues Herbert lost at the end of the suspense against the Spanish prodigy Carlos Alcaraz, one of the future greats of the circuit (6- 7 (4), 7-6 (2), 7-5). In two very different styles, the Alsatian esthete and the swift Murcian offered some nice slices of tennis to fans from the central… “Five, ten minutes after the match, it was extremely hard because the end is catastrophic, after 2h51 a very good fight, summarizes P2H. It's a great tennis match. I am not far, at times, to take a little advantage. It was a great game. To finish the way I finished is pretty terrible. "
Herbert says 'You shall not pass,' but @ alcarazcarlos03 finds a way 🔥
One of the points of the tournament so far! #RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/JmzJCQsMsO
- Tennis TV (@TennisTV) November 2, 2021
Wednesday November 3: ask for the program
Court Central (from 11 a.m.): GASTON - Carreno Busta (Esp / n ° 12), Dimitrov (Bul / n ° 16) - Khachanov (Rus), Tsitsipas (Gre / n ° 3) - Popyrin (Aus), MANNARINO - MONFILS (n ° 15).
Not before 7:30 p.m .: Lajovic (Ser) - Zverev (All / n ° 4), Ivashka (Blr) - Medvedev (Rus / n ° 2).
