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Monfils on their way to the second round, Chardy and Pouille take the door

Gaël Monfils confirmed his return to form while Lucas Pouille and Jérémy Chardy missed great opportunities. Among the girls, Fiona Ferro is the only survivor on the French side.

Gaël Monfils is indeed in an ascending phase. For his entry into the US Open, the Ile-de-France has made short work of his Argentinian opponent Federico Coria (62nd world), dismissed in three dry sets and barely an hour and a half (6-3, 6 -2, 6-2). A welcome improvement for “La Monf”, which has fallen back to 20th place in the world after a chaotic start to the season. Faced with an opponent much more comfortable on earth, Monfils took care to make the show on the Billie Jean King and thus opens the way to an affordable second round awaits him against the winner of the duel between the local Steve Johnson (87th) and German qualifier Maximilian Marterer (212th).

At the same time, his compatriot Jérémy Chardy (70th) fought hard but had to surrender against 8th world Matteo Berettini, winner in three rounds of a big fight of 2h30 (7-6, 7-6, 6- 3). Appeared in good form at the Tokyo Games, Chardy stood up to the Italian for a long time, forced to save a set point in the second round. “Le Marteau” will find another tricolor in the person of Corentin Moutet (88th), who avenged his compatriot by dominating the Italian Stefano Travaglia (100th) in three sets (6-4, 75, 7-6).

Jérémy Chardy surrendered against the mountain Matteo Berrettini. BETANCUR / AFP

Same fate for Lucas Pouille, who let slip a big opportunity to rally the second round. Opposed to the Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas (48th in the world), the Northerner bowed for his entry into the running at the US Open after an incredible match (6-1, 5-7, 5-7, 7-5 , 6-4). A real missed opportunity for the one who fell back to 133rd place in the world and who could have saved himself this defeat in 3:45 of play if he had converted one of his two match points at the end of the fourth round, when he was dominating clearly his opponent. His killer will face the scarecrow Alexander Zverev in the second round. The Olympic champion, announced as one of the most contenders since his title in Tokyo, where he defeated Djokovic in the semi-finals, held his place by avoiding the trap against local Sam Querrey earlier this Tuesday.

Fiona Ferro s’invite au second tour

On the side of the women’s table, Fiona Ferro did not detail to get to the second round. Opposed to the Japanese Nao Hibino (72nd world), the French number 2 (74th) climbed to the sixteenth in less than an hour of play (6-1, 6-4). The Niçoise could meet the Polish Iga Swiatek (7th), favorite against the local Jamie Loeb (194th). For its part, the other French engaged on Tuesday fell. Facing the young Clara Tauson (18 years old, 78th), Clara Burel (92nd) deluded the time of a set before taking the water in the second round (7-5, 6-0). The Dane will face mountain Ashleigh Barly in the second round. The world number 1, who never rallied the second week in New York, passed without a hitch against the modest Russian Vera Zvonareva (101st), who nevertheless rebelled well in the second (6-1, 7-6 ).

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