Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Wednesday January 15, 2025 at 6:02 p.m.
If he qualified, for the third time in his career, for the third place in a Grand Slam tournament, Benjamin Bonzi was very disappointed by the elimination of OM, his favorite club, in the Coupe de France. .
Benjamin Bonzi upheld his rank on Wednesday at the Australian Open. The Gardois, moved up to 64th in the world after his quarter-final in Adelaide, dominated in four rounds and a little over 2 hours of play the Italian lucky-loser Francesco Passaro, 104th in the ATP ranking (6-2, 6-4 , 3-6, 6-4). A success which sends him to the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the third time, after having already reached this stage of a Major two years ago in Melbourne, then at the US Open.
Satisfied but not fully happy
Opposed, for a place in the round of 16, to the Czech Jiri Lehecka (29th), whom he has already met twice (1-1), but each time on clay, Bonzi was satisfied with his performance, but not completely happy. Because Olympique de Marseille, his favorite club, has once again been hit by the curse of the French Football Cup, which has eluded him since 1989. The Phocéens were eliminated by Lille on Tuesday evening at the Orange Vélodrome, at the The result of the penalty shootout when they had equalized after added time.
“Don’t tell me about it.”
An infuriating outcome for the Nîmes resident of Marseille. “Don't talk to me about it, I followed the match… No comment, not today, it's too hard, he then confided, reports L'Equipe. But of course, I I watched the match this morning! I was at the physiotherapist, I got up at 7:10 a.m. to watch the match, I didn't miss a minute, I was playing second, I had to get up early. .I saw the whole match. If I had played at night? I would have watched the second half”, he admits with a smile, before concluding on this ultimately encouraging defeat for Marseille: “It's the penalty shootout C. It was a good match overall. We're building up little by little. There are some good things.”
