2023-05-30 05:16:15
After more than 4h30 of play, Stan Wawrinka therefore found the key to slip into the 32nd finals and enjoyed the moment like a title. His friend Benoît Paire almost experienced the same emotions following capsizing the Suzanne-Lenglen. Among the ladies, while Belinda Bencic dived very low and Simona Waltert pleased, Elina Svitolina is making good progress.
WAWRINKA, STAR DU JOURNAL… Stan Wawrinka was the star of the day, Porte d’Auteuil, as evidenced by the strong support, Swiss and Parisian, from which he benefited to overcome Albert Ramos Vinolas, the Spaniard who pushed him to his last limits. The 2015 winner knows that the crowd gave him the strength to tear himself away. He thus honored his fans by “partying” on the court. After having had the match in hand for a long time (2 sets 0, the break in the 3rd), “The Man” however played to scare himself and almost saw his opponent come back from nowhere. This before bringing out the beast that is in him – and his anthology setbacks – at the appropriate time. Two and a half years he had been waiting for a Grand Slam success. Thanasi Kokkinakis will seek to prevent him from celebrating once more.
BENCIC IS ALWAYS DIVING… Tennis is a terribly mentally demanding sport and every day reminds us of that. The current “cases” of players currently being in the west are legion. And among them, that of Belinda Bencic, beaten immediately by the unknown Elina Avanesyan, which is no longer advancing in the major deadlines. Admittedly, the Saint-Galloise had recently injured a hip and had not played since the beginning of April, but what mistakes on the “Major”! Wasn’t there anything better to do to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his triumph at Roland-Garros for juniors? “I was not at all on the level“, she acknowledged. The good news comes from the qualification of Simona Waltert for the 2nd round. La Grisonne brought down the daughter of Hana Mandlikova.
“FAA” ALSO IN THE HARD… At least Belinda Bencic will be able to say that she is not the only one having trouble in the Grand Slam. Even if we expected him to fall once morest Fabio Fognini, Félix Auger-Aliassime did it in a rather violent way (4-6 4-6 3-6), which reminds us that since his quarter final in Indian Wells, the Canadian does not really know where he is. “It’s one thing to lose, to play badly too, but not to feel good in your body, it’s difficult“, murmured the person concerned, torn by evils that he did not know (wanted?) to identify.
SVITOLINA ON THE REVIVAL… And on the contrary, there is the one who takes off once more, like Elina Svitolina; on a pregnancy break and then on a mother’s break, the Ukrainian has resumed her racket to relaunch her career. Very well seen on her part, since since her return to Charleston (beaten from the start), the Swiss resident has gradually increased in power, passing in particular through Chiasso, Oeiras and Saint-Malo, before winning the tournament. from Strasbourg last week. And yesterday, in a 1st round of which she was absolutely not the favorite once morest Martina Trevisan, the wife of Gaël Monfils delivered a demonstration (6-2 6-2). In place of Caroline Garcia, who might face her in the round of 16, we would be wary.
IN THE NAME OF PAIR, SONS AND… THE EVIL SPIRIT… Expected as the Messiah of French tennis, serene and confident he said before his entry into the running, Arthur Fils took the door. Difficult however to blame him, since by “grabbing” Alejandro Davidovich Fokina from the 1st round, the kid did not rub once morest a tender. However, he will have had the merit of taking a round from him. Benoît Paire did better, but despite the break in the 5th set once morest Cameron Norrie, he also bit the dust. Pair out, Son out, the evil spirit would tell us that it’s no surprise that the French players are leaving quickly. Forty years following Yannick’s title, will there be someone to (re)light the flame this spring? Maybe Luca van Assche, brilliant yesterday once morest Marco Cecchinato…
TENNIS NEEDS “BEN”… There remains one observation: whatever one thinks of Benoît Paire, he is one of those rare players who, on their own, can electrify the crowd, drive it crazy and mess up a table. It was the case yesterday, in a Davis Cup atmosphere, at times, and it was great to follow. By the way, remember that awesome competition that some tennis masterminds sold to gravediggers?
MARATHON DAY… Monday in the sun, we might spend it playing, Monday in the sun, we’d be better off under Roland’s dodger… Is that what some people said yesterday morning? Consider indeed that this Monday was entitled to seven matches which went until the 5th set. A nice torture, both for the programming and for the joints. Meanwhile, on their planet, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz “unrolled”.
DAILY POINT… Here he is, quite simply, signed Jannik Sinner, too easy once morest the Frenchman Alexandre Muller.
JARRY IN TENDER AND WITH A SWISS… We are delighted to see what Nicolas Jarry, Saturday winner of the Geneva Open, will give in this fortnight. The Chilean, who will play doubles with Marc-Andrea Hüsler (rolled yesterday in singles), should pass without trembling this morning once morest Hugo Dellien. His big serves and his heavy forehand can a priori hurt a lot. To be continued.
Arnaud Cerutti – @arnaud_cerutti
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