The doubles continued this Friday at Roland-Garros with the most prominent French pair on the track. Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas mahut had started well against Cameron Norrie and Jonny O’Mara (6-3, 3-6, 6-3). They followed this Friday with a forceps victory against Jonathan Erlich and Lloyd Harris. A 6-3 3-6 7-5 victory gained thanks to an exceptional last comeback game from Nicolas mahut. This allows them to join Robin Haase and Jan-Lennard Struff in the round of 16. At a press conference, the Blues savor their qualification for the eighth! But if Pierre-Hugues Herbert has the smile and the happy face … Nicolas mahut seems a bit silly to him! Quite simply and perhaps the fault of a few tweets exchanged which punctuated the whole day of Friday, and in particular with our fellow journalist from RMC Sport, Eric Salliot, commenting on the French men’s and women’s singles fiasco at Roland-Garros… unlike the Italians who have 5 representatives in the 3rd round of Roland, this year. And obviously, it more than annoyed Nicolas mahut ! Nothing very bad though … and no susceptibility, right? As proof, in the video below!
Herbert / Mahut: “There are still French people … in duplicate”
Find here the men’s double draw here
Maybe you haven’t got it all? Neither did the reporter who asked the first question to start the press conference! We explain to you. The historic debacle of the French in men’s and women’s singles Roland-Garros has caused a lot of ink to flow in the press. And a good number of tweets including that of 3:56 pm, this Friday, from the journalist Eric Salliot that you can hear on RMC Sport. “The Italian generation explodes in our face: after Berrettini and Musetti, Sinner reaches the third round. I request a change of nationality“tweeted the French journalist and very French, from Normandy and who somewhat preferred to play down the subject because there is still, between us, more serious in view of what we are going through today. But now, it did not please Nicolas mahut : “And when the French return, will you change or take several passports? #girouette “https://www.tennisactu.net//.” And even after his qualification for the eighth in doubles with Pierre-Hugues Herbert, when he arrived at a post-match press conference on Friday, Mahut had not yet digested the insult of the journalist whom he knew very well and had been for years. Or was he afraid of another dash of humor on the part of the journalist?
The Italian generation explodes in our face: after Berrettini and Musetti, @janniksin reaches the third round. I request a change of nationality 😪
— Eric Salliot (@ericsalliot) June 3, 2021
And when the French return, will you change or take several passports? #weathercock
– Nico Mahut (@nmahut) June 4, 2021
In short, the little twitter exchange could and should have ended there, no! Ah, that famous rivalry France-Italy in the history of sport … or a lack of humor on the part of Mahut ? The essential remains … Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas mahut are in Roland’s eighth in doubles … and they will play their place in the quarterfinals on Sunday against the pair made up of the German Struff and Dutch Haase. The two French people who want to get another title at Roland-Garros, vainqueurs in 2018 at Paris, and thus add a 5th Grand Slam title to their record.
🎾 What a return game for Nicolas Mahut at the end of the meeting! The Herbert-Mahut pair won on this superb last game in three sets (6-3 / 3-6 / 7-6)! 🠇 “🠇 🠇” 🠇 🠇 “🠇 · pic.twitter.com/oaN9Ng8d0I
– France tv sport (@francetvsport) June 4, 2021
Cazaux and Gaston hope to continue after their perf ‘, Pair has fun with his friend Arneodo
Two promising young players associated tricolor had achieved a sacred performance Thursday. Guests, Arthur Cazaux and Hugo Gaston achieved a feat against the Americans Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1. This Friday, they had to bow against the earthlings Pablo Andujar et Pedro Martinez. Associated with his friend Romain Arneodo, Benoît Paire continues to have double fun. The Franco-Monegasque pair brought down the specialists Marcus Daniell and Peter Oswald.
Chardy / Martin and Tsonga / Added beaten on Thursday
Finalists of Roland-Garros 2019, Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin hoped to relive great emotions Auteuil gate this year. Unfortunately, this will not be the case. After having started well against the pair made up of the talented Lorenzo Musetti and Tommy Paul, the Frenchies were trapped by Simone Bolelli and Maximo Gonzalez, 6-2, 6-3. Same scenario for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Dan Added who could not do a feat against the men to beat in the tournament, Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah (n ° 2), 7-6 (0), 6-3. Colombians are favorites in the table after testing positive for Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic, world number 1. Benjamin Bonzi and Antoine Hoang came close to the feat against the seeds n ° 10 John Peers and Michael venus 4-6 6-2 6-4.
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