There will therefore be no French for the second week of Roland-Garros.
Saturday's day began with the backhand Léolia Jeanjean, on the Suzanne-Lenglen court, against the Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (6-1, 6-4) before continuing on the Central by those of Alizé Cornet against to the Chinese Zheng Qinwen (6-0, 3-0, ab.) then to Gilles Simon against Marin Cilic (6-0, 6-3, 6-2).
It therefore ended, as it had begun, with a tricolor defeat.
Curtain for the Blues.
A sad Saturday evening on earth... Beaten.
At the end of a long balanced match, despite what the score suggests, Hugo Gaston, on whom France's last hopes rested, was dominated in three sets (6-3, 6-3, 6-3) and 1h55 of play by the Dane Holger Rune in the 3rd round.
Unlike the 2020 edition, where he had been the French thinning of a staggered edition in the fall due to the health crisis, the Toulouse elf did not manage to climb into the round of 16.
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If Gaston (21) and Rune (19 since April 29) know each other well, they took part in the Next Generation finals last November in Milan and like each other - "he's a friend", even says the French - they had never faced each other in an official match in a tournament before.
It is now done… And it will not remain as a good memory for the Toulousain.
After immediately taking the commitment of his opponent, Gaston sees Rune wake up and put on the games to quickly lead 5-1.
The revolt of the French, with his amortized strikes which finally made the Danish machine skid, will come too late (6-3).
But the duel between the two young players was launched.
They fought blow for blow in a Central court where a fresh and capricious wind blew, which sent walls of ocher dust in the eyes.
But in this little game of strength, it was the powerful Dane who proved to be the best.
Impressive even.
He will face the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in the next round.
