2023-05-29 20:26:45
He wasn’t really the favourite, but it’s still a big disappointment. Great hope of French tennis and just winner of his first ATP tournament in Lyon, Arthur Fils, 18, lost in the first round of Roland-Garros against a sure bet on clay, the Spaniard Davidovich Fokina (6-1, 4- 6, 6-3, 6-3), seeded No. 29.
Tense at the start of the match, Fils completely missed the first set before taking the measure of the Simonne-Mathieu court and its special atmosphere. Returning to a set everywhere, the Frenchman then fished physically, undoubtedly because of his long and beautiful week in Lyon, which offered him his first ATP title and a place of 63rd place in the world. Despite a good resistance in the fourth round, Fils lost for his first match at Roland-Garros, he who had been a finalist in the junior edition in 2021 against Luca Van Assche.
The other French hope, precisely, is also on the courts this Monday: he faces the Italian Cecchinato on court n ° 14.
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