A frenzied duel inevitably results in delicious points. This was the case this Tuesday for the 100% French shock of the 1st round of the Australian Open which pitted Gaël Monfils and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard against Melbourne.
On a packed court number three to witness a match which turned into a thriller, the first ended up winning in five sets (7-6 (9/7), 6-3, 6-7 (6- 8), 6-7 (5/7), 6-4).
One of the rising stars of French tennis, 30th in the world at 21, will certainly have regrets at the end of a frenzied game, marked by this astonishing exchange of “tweeners” (shots between the legs). A point lost by the 38-year-old veteran.
This third day in Melbourne was an opportunity to see the whimsical Medvedev enter the fray. Opposed to the Thai Kasidit Samrej, the Russian played Medvedev. For the greatest pleasure of the public, less of the material. The world number five began to smash the net and the microcamera stuck to it after losing a point.
Meanwhile in the women’s tournament, a Frenchwoman won. Varvara Gracheva, 69th player in the world, beat the American Caty McNally (540th) to reach the 2nd round, where she will be the only French representative in the women’s table.
The eighth finalist at the last Roland-Garros won 6-3, 6-4 in just over 1 hour 20 minutes. In the next round, she will face world number 16 Anna Kalinskaya or Australian qualifier Kimberly Birrell (101st).
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