Benoît Paire
Credit : Open the Quimper
It’s quite recurrent, the arrival of world tennis stars is announced in the region’s tournaments, but at the dawn of their arrival in the west, the cancellation falls! At the Quimper Open, it is mainly Marin Cilic, 36 years old, former world number 3 ! “
The Croatian giant, announced with relish by the organizers, will ultimately not make the trip to the Exhibition Center. He was injured in training a few days ago.
Joao Fonseca, the great Brazilian hope, and the French Luca Van Assche and Lucas Pouille will not come either. Enough to annoy the tournament boss who confided in West France : “Next time we’ll announce some crazy names, like Djokovic just to see.”quipped Arzel Mevellec, who nevertheless knows that it is a habit in tennis: the players register, and they notify a few days before the competition of their state of form and their desires. In Quimper as elsewhere.
-4 players in the top 100
The field of this 16th edition is worth the detour despite everything, with four players from the top 100 and three former winners : Benoît Paire, Adrian Mannarino, Pierre-Hugues Herbert, the title holder, but also the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild and the Croatian Borna Coric.” Novak Djokovic is selected for… the Australian Open.
It’s over for the Breton Manuel Guinard who was knocked out in 2 sets by the Swiss Brunold. In the 1st round, Benoit Paire will face Harold Mayot tomorrow in a 100% French match. Also to be followed are P2H, Adrian Mannarino and Grégoire Barrère.
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