Zero French in the top 50 of the end-of-year WTA ranking. Zero French in the top 20 ATP. Not a representative, men and women alike, in the round of 16 in Grand Slam this year, unheard of in the Open era. There are many reasons. The first is in the twilight of a golden generation. Gaël Monfils, Richard Gasquet, Gilles Simon and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are now spending the second Grand Slam weeks on their sofa. At 27 for Lucas Pouille (155th) and Caroline Garcia (74th), despite the high hopes placed in them, were unable to take over. Spotlight on the mistakes of the Lyon player.
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