The young 18-year-old Frenchman discovers the big tables of the Grand Slam on Monday against the formidable Cameron Norrie.
Despite the coronation of veteran Richard Gasquet in Auckland, French men’s tennis has no objective reason to see life in pink at the start of the 2023 season. The future may not be all bleak either. Like Diane Parry, in the women’s draw, the young Luca Van Assche inherited at the end of last year the two invitations from which the French Tennis Federation benefits within the framework of the reciprocal agreements established between the FFT and the Australian Federation for the Australian Open and Roland-Garros. A well-deserved Christmas present.
Winner of Roland-Garros juniors without having lost a single set in 2021, the Belgian by birth, who arrived in France before he was 4 years old, experienced spectacular progress last season by shining in the challengers tournaments (second division). After losing his first three finals (in Lisbon, Brest and Valencia), he unlocked the counter in Maia, Portugal, in December. Ranked 503rd at the ATP last January, he won more than 360…
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