London (AFP)

Gael Monfils and Caroline Garcia are already out after the first day Monday at Wimbledon but everything is not black for the Blues since Benoit Paire, Jeremy Chardy and Corentin Moutet have joined the second round.

The 15th world player gave up when he was led 3-0 in the fifth set against his compatriot Ugo Humbert.

Decreased before the tournament by a sprained left ankle, the Parisian was treated on the court before saying stop. The fault of a new pain appeared during the match at the level of the Achilles tendon, an injury much more annoying.

"I had a little sprained ankle in training, my entourage told me I was crazy about playing and yet I was almost 100% but I hurt myself somewhere else at 5- 5 in the fourth set, "said Monfils.

- Monfils, "no luck" -

"I hurt my achilles tendon, it's worse than my ankle, I'm not good at pushing in. The pain is getting worse, I'm not lucky because my ankle was fine I hope I can play this summer, "he added.

The N.16 seed has thus joined Pierre-Hugues Herbert to the rank of the vanquished of the day. The future partner of Andy Murray in doubles had indeed been eliminated by the South African giant Kevin Anderson, finalist in 2018, early afternoon.

The misery of Monfils has at least made the happiness of young Humbert, who will face Marcel Granollers in the next round.

"I do not realize yet, I'm really happy," said Messin, who is passing a Grand Slam for the second time in his career. "I enjoyed myself today, Gaël is the kind of players we want to face in his life, this is the first season I play on grass and I really like it. happy discovery. "

In addition to Humbert, the first round has smiled on the other three Frenchmen in the running.

Jérémy Chardy and Benoît Paire qualified without too much trouble for the second round, thanks to their respective victories over Slovakia's Martin Klizan (3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-4) and Juan Ignacio of Argentina Londero (4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4)).

For Moutet, it's more surprising. The 20-year-old left-wing youngster from Paris has overthrown Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, a former world No. 3 and currently ranked 49th in the ATP rankings.

Led by two sets, Moutet finally managed a superb performance to win in five sets, 2-6, 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-1. A scenario that did not really appeal to him.

"Huge, no, he's a very good player, I had to raise my level to beat him, and then I think I can do a lot better, a better match, I think it's a lot of luck." that it passes today, "he analyzed.

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"I hung on, I think that's the thing I did well today, from beginning to end, I believed it and I did not let go."

For the two French entered Monday, the day however did not go well. Alizé Cornet was swept away by former world No.1 Victoria Azarenka, 6-4, 6-4.

"I believed in my luck, I knew that I could embarrass her but she really served better than me," analyzed the Niçoise.

As for Caroline Garcia (23rd in the world), the only tricolor seed, she was curtly beaten by China's Shuai Zhang (50th), in straight sets, 6-4, 6-0.

After his elimination in the second round of Roland Garros, this new premature defeat worries. Especially since the Lyonnaise had shown a rather pleasant face on grass with his first trophy of the season won in Nottingham three weeks ago and a quarter-final in Mallorca, beaten by Angelique Kerber.

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