We clearly prefer to see it that way.
Last week, we left Benoît Paire on a new elimination in the first round of a tournament, in Estoril, in Portugal, with the added bonus of a confusion with a spectator, a bronca from part of the public and messages of insults dumped on social media.
On Sunday, the French finally managed to reverse the trend by qualifying for the main round of the Masters 1000 in Madrid after a victory against the Argentinian Federico Coria in three sets (6-7, 6-4, 6-2).
The day before, the Frenchman had already ignited the Spanish capital thanks to his success against the American Brandon Nakashima, during the first qualifying round.
Fire for Benoît Paire in Madrid 🔥
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— We Are Tennis France (@WeAreTennisFR) April 30, 2022
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Mannarino, Gaston and Humbert
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“I said to myself: are we in France or in Spain?
It was qualifying in Madrid, but I had the impression of being at Roland-Garros, rightly declared the bearded man from Avignon in remarks reported by our colleague from
L'Equipe
.
Everyone was singing, it was exceptional.
The atmosphere was crazy, I love it!
People are there and waiting for me, it touches me.
»
These two wins in a row put an end to a dirty series of eleven consecutive defeats on the main circuit.
The other three Frenchmen in the running in Madrid to integrate the main draw failed: Adrian Mannarino and Hugo Gaston (hampered by wrist pain) were taken out in the first round on Saturday, while Ugo Humbert lost in two sets (7-6, 6-3) against Soonwoo Kwon, 71st in the world, on Sunday.
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