• Ugo Humbert and Benoît Paire were taken out in the first round of Roland-Garros.

  • Blame it on errors of concentration for one and major shortcomings in service for the other.

At Roland Garros,

Two courts, two beautiful atmospheres but two defeats all the same.

Whether on court No. 7 or on Simone Mathieu, Ugo Humbert and Benoît Paire lost their illusions this Tuesday in the first round of Roland-Garros.

Too bad because in both cases, the French cracked when they had the game in hand.

Humbert led two sets to one against the Finn Ruusuvuori and Benoît Paire had three set points on his serve in the fourth set to come back to two sets everywhere against the Belarusian Ilya Ivashka.

Alas, in both cases, the French cracked in large widths in two different styles.

A pigeon lost on the court which hinders Humbert in the 5th set

At Humbert, weakened by a shoulder injury, it's… a pigeon who broke the beautiful mechanics at the start of the fifth set.

The bird landed on the court in full exchange but the referee did not replay the point to the chagrin of the 46th player in the world, angry after this episode.

“I don't think we have the right to play with a pigeon on the court (smile).

When I serve, the pigeon arrives, I am looking at the referee so that she stops the point.

And I dare not tell her stop because I told myself that she was going to say that I was not embarrassed.

Except that he really bothered me because he was next to me and I didn't understand why she hadn't stopped the point", regrets the one who has still not won a single match in four participations in Roland Garros.

24 double faults on serve for Benoît Paire

On the side of Benoît Paire, no bird problem but a very big problem with the service.

While he could have done much better, the player completely scuttled himself by making 24 double faults while his Belarusian opponent made none.

“It's been tough this year for me.

When I find myself in a match, I have little demons since my recovery with a lot of double faults, mental problems.

It's not necessarily my tennis.

As soon as I have pressure, I have flaws and it shows in the matches, ”laments the 78th player in the world.

“I am not necessarily happy in my life”

“My weapon is service to the base.

It's hard to accept, because I wanted to do well here at Roland-Garros.

I have no excuses about my game.

I'm just saying I need to straighten my head.

I'm not necessarily happy in my life.

I will have to find my priorities and try, when I come back, to find myself 100% and to erase all these bad passages that I have, ”concludes the lively flayed of French tennis.

In both cases, neither Humbert nor Paire are looking for excuses for their early elimination.

It's just annoying because there was plenty of room to do better.

The perpetual history of current French tennis.

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