Arthur Rinderknech on the ground, there are no more French Porte d’Auteuil

2023-06-02 00:27:45

Arthur Rinderknech Chryslene Caillaud / Panoramic / PANORAMIC

Last tricolor representative, the Varois logically suffered the law of the American Taylor Fritz in four sets (2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4). It’s already over for French tennis.

After the eliminations this Thursday in the 2nd round of Diane Parry (against the prodigy Andreeva), Océane Dodin (against the Tunisian Ons Jabeur) and Arthur Rinderknech (beaten 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6- 4 by the American Taylor Fritz), there are no more Frenchmen in the race at Roland-Garros. The berezina was expected. She arrived. The French clan had experienced a dark day the day before, with the elimination of Caroline Garcia, Ugo Humbert, Lucas Pouille, Luca Van Assche, Corentin Moutet and Léolia Jeanjean. Gaël Monfils for his part withdrew in the evening for his second round against the Dane Holger Rune. After five days of tournament, it’s time for the ritornello: there is now no longer any French in the third round of Roland-Garros. As in 2021, which was a first since 1968. And for the fourth time since 1968 (1981, 1986, 2019), there is no Blue in 16^e of final. Of the 28 Habs involved in the main draws, Rinderknech (27) was the last to still be able to reach this stage of the competition.

Arthur Rinderknech, however wildly encouraged by the Suzanne Lenglen showed valor against the 8 seed but will not see the second week. “I got into the game really well with the public blowing Rinderknech. It clipped well. I was quite aggressive and he passed me fewer first serves. It helped me to be able to have more second balls to exploit all that first set. Afterwards I have the impression that he settled on the first service. He passed many more firsts. It was much more difficult to go scratch these points behind his first which is sturdy. He is very strong on the second strike also with his forehand. It was a lot harder to go break him and go annoy him. I had to hold my service. A few little dots here and there. A rather bizarre arbitration scenario. I didn’t quite understand what happened. So, ” here and there “, the little break is happening. On the Suzanne-Lenglen court, the songs, the applause are linked to encourage the last French chance. But it was not enough. The logic of the fittest prevailed. Fritz then regained his efficiency on serve and dominated the rest of the game. And French tennis is brought back to its current limits… Rinderknech had never passed the first round at Roland-Garros in his three previous appearances. He reached the second round at the Australian Open and the US Open, his best Grand Slam result to date.