The French federation of the lose is in the angels.
Benoît Paire, Ugo Humbert and Benjamin Bonzi were eliminated on Tuesday in the first round of the Masters 1000 in Monte-Carlo, so there will be no French in the second round of the first big clay-court tournament of the season.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga had been beaten the day before by Marin Cilic and Arthur Rinderknech by Fabio Fognini.
Tuesday, it was Benoît Paire (61st in the world) who lost in three sets against the young Italian Lorenzo Musetti (83rd at 20) 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 6-2.
The howls of rage released by Paire after having equalized in a set everywhere did nothing, the Italian, carried by the public, clearly regained the upper hand in the decisive round, without being confused by the gestures of the Frenchman ( who notably received a warning for having thrown a ball over the tribune on the sea side).
Same scenario for Bonzi and Humbert
Bonzi (63rd), drafted from qualifying after the withdrawal of Roberto Bautiste (injury to the right wrist), was beaten 6-0, 7-6 (7/4) by the Briton Daniel Evans (27th), semi-finalist of the tournament last year.
The Frenchman was completely overwhelmed in the first round, at the end of which he had a huge bandage placed on his left thigh.
And against all odds, it was he who took control in the second set to break away 3-0.
But Evans came back to 4-4, pushing the set to the tiebreak which he dominated.
In the next round, he will face the Belgian David Goffin (47th) or the Czech Jiri Lehecka (99th).
Humbert, he gave in to the Spaniard Pedro Martinez (45th) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), after battling 2h30.
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