It didn’t amount to anything, but it’s okay! Capdenac will perform well in Nationale 3 next season. And this, despite its defeat, the third of the season, yesterday, on its outdoor grounds against the undisputed leader of the group, Meudon (2-4). Indeed, if it was overtaken in the ranking by Lagord, winner of Blagnac at the same time, the team of coach Bruno Delfraissy still finished the championship in 4th place, the first outside the red zone. The draw between his two pursuers, Châteaurenard and Cagnes, allows him to not have to make scholarly calculations at the level of the match-average, or even the set-average. A real relief for the coach: “Châteaurenard was rather favorite, with a full team for the first time this season. They (the Provençals, Editor’s note) had pulled out all the stops to keep up, but it wasn’t enough. It’s a relief, because we knew there were a lot of possible scenarios this weekend. It could have gone wrong, we came out okay. But over the season, it’s deserved.”
Especially since yesterday, if the defeat of his men is indisputable, they looked the champions in the eyes. Even if after the four singles, the score was clear: 0-4… “It was very severe. We lost three singles, in three sets, that we could have won. There was one that we could even really win, since Meryl (Juniper) led by a set and 5-0 in the second (before losing 7-6 and losing 6-3 in the third). It could have been 2-2, 1-3 or even 3-1 for us, even if it would have been harsh for them. It looked like a disaster scenario.”, explains Delfraissy. His team faced its only two points from the day before with doubles victories. But whatever, what everyone will remember is of course maintenance!
