After a 2020 edition played behind closed doors, while France was experiencing new confinement, Bercy has regained its voice. Proof that tennis is still a very popular sport in France.
«We had an extraordinary edition, with a quality of play that seemed superior to previous years.. ” It’s hard to argue with tournament director Guy Forget. The Djokovic-Medvedev final, won by the Serbian, brought together the two best players in the world of the moment for a remake and a rematch of the last final of the US Open.
It was the first time since 1990, and Stefan Edberg’s victory against Boris Becker, that the Parisian Masters 1000 final pitted the two best players on the planet against each other. And the shock, in the form of revenge, was spectacular, tight and at times overwhelming. A final bouquet of choices for a week where the matches in three sets were legion. 58.3% of the matches in the first round ended in the decisive round. Since 1990, only two Masters 1000 had experienced a more contested first round (Stuttgart 1999 and 2000).
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After a 2020 edition played behind closed doors, while France was experiencing new confinement, Bercy found
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