Madrid (AFP)

Benoît Paire (FRA): "We were hoping better, we wanted better, we gave everything we could, it's a certainty We did the maximum, but it's a shame to lose in this pool where I think that there was something to do with a team of doubles like that (Mahut-Herbert, Ed), which inevitably brings a point, we had to win each time a simple and we did not know the Today, I think it's great, there was a lot of criticism of the public, but if the French had come without a boycott, it would have added more people to the world. The stands are a very nice competition where everyone gives their all, each country gives the maximum on each match, it really has a future, I believe in it anyway. It's the first edition so there are bound to be things to improve. , maybe lengthen over a few days so that there will not be matches that end at 4am. Chickens of 4 could be interesting too. It's under construction and we'll have to see how it evolves. "

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