2023-10-31 07:57:56
There will be four of them again to represent the tricolors this Tuesday at the Accor Arena. We wish them a better destiny than their Monday predecessors (Gasquet, Mannarino, Van Assche, Muller), since all have already said goodbye to the Paris tournament. Let’s not speak too quickly but on paper, there is enough to avoid zero points.
It will start with a duel in principle balanced between Benjamin Bonzi and the Serbian Dujan Lajovic. An interesting hors d’oeuvre before the introduction of Arthur Fils, the revelation of the season on the Blues side. Having gone from 308th to 38th place in the world in the space of a year, the Ile-de-France resident can legitimately consider qualifying against the German Daniel Altmaier. Same thing for Ugo Humbert, in full swing and confronted by a qualifier, the American Marcos Giron.
Gaël Monfils also knows that nothing can be taken for granted. After an exciting victory at the ATP 250 in Stockholm ten days ago, the showman knows his body and wants to remain cautious. “In Paris, I’m reaching the end of the cycle a bit, there’s fatigue,” declared the 37-year-old, who has just played eighteen matches on the circuit in three months. “But next year, I will perhaps have the opportunities to shine in Masters 1000,” he added, a sign that he is buoyed by real confidence.
Just after Monfils, it is Carlos Alcaraz, the world number two, who will have the honor of launching the second night session. In the fight with Novak Djokovic for the throne at the end of the season, the protégé of Juan-Carlos Ferrero admits to not approaching the final sprint at 100% physically, due to a painful left foot and back. While he and the Serb will only be able to meet again in the final, only 500 points separate them in the Race, the ranking established over the calendar year.
Today’s program
Court Central (from 11am): Martin Fucsovics – Alexandre Zverev; Daniel Altmaier – Arthur Fils ; Ugo Humbert – Marcos Giron; Gaël Monfils – Francisco Cerundolo; (from 7:30 p.m.) Roman Safiullin – Carlos Alcaraz; Yoshito Nishioka – Andrey Rublev.
Court 1 (from 11am): Dusan Lajovic – Benjamin Bonzi; Sebastian Korda – Hubert Hubert Hurkacz; Félix Roger Aliassime – Jan-Lennard Struff; Tallon Griekspoor – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina; Karen Kachanov – Laslo Djere; Alexander Bublik – Nicolas Jarry.
Court 2 (à partir de 11h, en simple) : Miomir Kecmanovic – Tomas Martin Etcheverry ; JJ Wolf – Mackenzie McDonald.
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