DECRYPTION – Outclassed by Zverev in the final of the Rolex Paris Masters, Messin will still have left his mark. Good news for French tennis.
That's it, it's over. Under the eyes of French rugby star Antoine Dupont and multi-Olympic medalist Florent Manaudou, the Accor Arena experienced its last tennis final after 38 years of existence. For the der des ders, the Parisian public dreamed of a final bouquet with a blue-white-red player as the winner.
A dream has passed. Thirty-eight years after his compatriot Boris Becker, who won the first edition in the former POPB, it was the German Alexander Zverev who came full circle, before the tournament moved to Paris La Défense Arena in 2025.
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