You miss only one being and much of the interest of the afternoon is depopulated… Instead of the Monfils-Djokovic shock canceled due to injury from the Habs, the Central public had to console themselves with a double victory of the Mahut / Herbert pair.
But the Zverev / Dimitrov shock was worth the wait ...
The headliner: Alexander Zverev
The world n ° 4 had all the difficulties in the world to make the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-3).
After letting two match points go 6-5 15-40 in the second set, the German did not spoil his luck an hour later with a loss from the Bulgarian in the net.
Chaining his seventh straight victory with his title in Vienna last week.
The Tokyo Olympic champion has above all succeeded in the fine performance of alienating the hot public at Bercy by accusing him of taking up the cause for his opponent in the decisive game of the first set.
Zverev is doing it!
Sascha passes a big test against Grigor Dimitrov, who saved 2 match points in the 2nd set, 7-6 6-7 6-3 to book his 3rd quarter in Paris pic.twitter.com/2KCeSVCyAn
- We Are Tennis France (@WeAreTennisFR) November 4, 2021
The package: Gaël Monfils
As he had hinted Wednesday night after his victory against Mannarino, Gaël Monfils withdrew before the expected shock against Novak Djokovic. The two ultrasounds passed by the Parisian detected an injury to the adductors. “I'm frustrated because again I love to compete against the strongest, if not the strongest. It's always a good experience, to play Novak, to see where we are. Honestly, I lost 17 times to him. I have nothing to lose against him, on the contrary, I have everything to gain, blows the French n ° 1. I tell myself each time that it is one less experience than ultimately, I will not have, to replay in Paris. It would have been awesome. But I hope to give myself back the possibility of being able to play him again, and to be able to worry him again, and even beat him. It's my aim. "
📢 Fans, spectators, you have a message from @Gael_Monfils 🙏🏻 🇫🇷.
#RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/Yv9R8ZCj1G
- ROLEX PARIS MASTERS (@RolexPMasters) November 4, 2021
The surprise: James Duckworth
At 29, the Australian was invited for the first time in his career to the quarter-finals of a Masters 1000 thanks to his victory over his compatriot Popyrin (7-6 (6), 6-4 in 1h47).
Despite his advanced age and eleven years on the tour, the Sydney native has rarely had the opportunity to defend his chances, with many injuries on his record and eight surgeries ... Between 2012 and 2020, Duckworth won 25 games.
In 2021, he won 22!
Falling behind the Spaniard Bautista Agut and the Italian Musetti, the world No. 55 will challenge the Hungarian Hukacz (seeded No. 7) for a place in the last four.
James duckworth beats alexei popyrin 7-6 6-4 in the 3rd round of the Paris Rolex masters #duckworth # round3 #parisrolexmasters (Getty) pic.twitter.com/B2aFvsvz9Z
- Phil (@tennis_phil) November 4, 2021
The sentence: "I am very satisfied with my year, and I really enjoyed my tennis"
By losing against the American Taylor Fritz (6-3, 7-6 (3), the Briton Cameron Norrie undoubtedly compromised his last small chance to qualify for the Turin Masters. But the New Zealander of Origin, a former cricketer, prefers to retain the positive of this season, where he won his first two titles, including the recent Masters 1000 at Indian Wells. a big meeting with Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals ...
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Friday November 5: ask for the program!
Court Central (from 2 p.m.).
Quarter-finals: Duckworth (Aus) - Hurkacz (Pol / n ° 7), Djokovic (Ser / n ° 1) - Fritz.
Not before 7:30 p.m .: Alcaraz (Esp) or GASTON - Korda (EU) or Medvedev (Rus / n ° 2), Ruud (Nor / n ° 6) or Giron (EU) - Zverev (All / n ° 4).
