Melbourne (AFP)
Eight Frenchmen out of the 18 entered this year in the main draws, ladies and gentlemen of the Australian Open will be present in the 2nd round which begins Wednesday in Melbourne.
After Grégoire Barrère, the only one who had been able to finish his match on Monday before the rain disturbed the first day, seven Habs obtained their ticket for the second round on Tuesday and ten were eliminated counting the retirement of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, injured again.
LADIES (3 qualified out of 5)
Caroline Garcia (FRA) beats Madison Brengle (USA) 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-2
Fiona Ferro (FRA) beats Alison van Uytvanck (BEL) 6-2, 6-1
Alizé Cornet (FRA) beats Monica Niculescu (ROU) 5-7, 6-1, 6-0
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) beaten by Karolina Pliskova (CZE / seeded N.2) 6-1, 7-5
Pauline Parmentier (FRA) beaten by Qiang Wang (CHN / 27) 7-6 (7/2), 6-3
GENTLEMEN (5 qualified out of 13)
Grégoire Barrère (FRA) beats Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 6-7 (8/10), 7-6 (7/1), 6-4, 7-6 (7/5)
Benoît Paire (FRA / 21) beats Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (2/7), 6-0
Gaël Monfils (FRA / 10) beats Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) beats Cameron Norrie (GBR) 7-5, 3-6, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Gilles Simon (FRA) defeats Pablo Cuevas (ARG) 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
Ugo Humbert (FRA) defeated by John Millman (AUS) 7-6 (7/3), 6-3, 1-6, 6-5
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) beaten by Dominic Thiem (AUT / 5) 6-3, 7-5, 6-2
Corentin Moutet (FRA) beaten by Marin Cilic (CRO) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Jérémy Chardy (FRA) beaten by David Goffin (BEL / 11) 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
Elliot Benchetrit (FRA) beaten by Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 6-2, 6-0, 6-3
Quentin Halys (FRA) defeated by Filip Krajinovic (SRB) 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/1), 3-6, 4-6, 7-5
Hugo Gaston (FRA) beaten by Jaume Munar (ESP) 7-5, 5-7, 6-0, 6-3
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA / 28) retires from Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-1, 0-0
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