On the other hand, the adventure ended for Adrian Mannarino and Quentin Halys.
Six other French people (Cornet, Tan, Grenier, Bonzi, Gasquet and Gaston) will try Thursday to climb to the third round.
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It passes (Garcia, Parry, Humbert)
Caroline Garcia discovered the temple of tennis, the Center Court of Wimbledon, which moreover is all acquired with its adversary.
But nothing worked, she imposed her law on the young Briton Emma Raducanu, surprise winner of the last US Open.
At 28, the Lyonnaise has regained the dynamism necessary to put in place her aggressive game and the young Raducanu (19) paid the price since she was swept away 6-3, 6-3.
"It was I who was in an aggressive position, it was I who led the exchanges, on serve and on the return," commented Garcia, who is playing his 9th Wimbledon.
Caroline Garcia against Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon, June 29, 2022 SEBASTIEN BOZON AFP
Since her round of 16 in 2017, she had not passed the first round.
Friday, she will try to match her best performance on the London lawn by facing the Chinese Shuai Zhang (41st).
It will also be a third round for Diane Parry (77th) who, at 19, discovers the Major on grass.
She clearly won against the Japanese from qualifying Mai Hontama (139th) 6-3, 6-2.
The rest should be more complicated, against the Tunisian Ons Jabeur (2nd).
Among the gentlemen, Ugo Humbert is "on the right track".
After complicated months during which he sank in the rankings to reach 112th in the world at Wimbledon, the ex-N.25 offered himself a prestigious victory at the expense of the finalist of the last Roland-Garros, Casper Ruud (6th).
Frenchman Ugo Humbert against Norwegian Casper Ruud in the second round of Wimbledon, June 29, 2022 in London Adrian DENNIS AFP
Admittedly, the Norwegian is a clay court specialist, but he has "progressed a lot in recent months", underlined Humbert, whose grass is the favorite surface.
His desire is that "the story continues".
This will require dismissing the Belgian David Goffin (58th) in the next round.
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It breaks (Mannarino, Halys)
Adrian Mannarino (86th) was beaten badly by American Tommy Paul (32nd) 6-2, 6-4, 6-1.
But the 33-year-old Frenchman did not appear otherwise disappointed: "When you lose in a tournament where there are no points, it takes away a lot of frustration and regret," he said in reference to the decision of the ATP - like the WTA for women - not to distribute ranking points at the tournament which refused Russian and Belarusian players in retaliation for the war in Ukraine.
So much so that he prefers to emphasize his relief at seeing the grass season come to an end.
Frenchman Quentin Halys facing his compatriot Benoît Paire in the 1st round of Wimbledon, June 27, 2022 in London SEBASTIEN BOZON AFP / Archives
"I was injured here last year and I couldn't play all summer. There (the season on) grass has passed and I'm on my two legs. I had a lot of apprehension during the grass tournaments, I couldn't break free," he admitted.
Despite strong resistance, Quentin Halys (82nd) was taken out by Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili (26th) 7-6 (9-7), 0-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5).
The Frenchman passed 23 aces and managed 3 breaks - all in the second set - against only one for his opponent, but he negotiated the important points less well.
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