It was too much! Last French still in the running in Wimbledon, Arthur Rinderknech (72nd in the world) lost this Friday, July 4, in the third round of the London tennis tournament. No Frenchie will be present in the second week and in the round of 16 …
After the defeats earlier in the day of Gaël Monfils, Diane Parry and Adrian Mannarino, the fall of Alexander Zverev (3rd) in the first round lost in three rounds (6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (8/6)) against the Polish Kamil Majchrzak (109th), who saved a set in the Tie-Break decisive.
The latter will face the Portuguese Nuno Borges (37th) or the Russian Karen Khachanov (20th) for his first eighth.
Rinderknech’s best performance in the four flagship tournaments on the calendar therefore remains a third round, which he had already reached in 2023 at the US Open.
In Wimbledon, the one that has been trained since the start of the Gazon season by ex-N ° 10 in the world Lucas Pouille had reached the second round in 2024 and was eliminated from the start during his three other appearances in the final table between 2021 and 2023.
Before confronting Majchrzak for the first time, Rinderknech came out winner of two games in five sets on the lawn of the All England Club, against Zverev and then against Chilean Cristian Garin (110th).
The two games had spread over two days, the first due to the 23-hour curfew in force in Wimbledon and the second because of the darkness. A real marathon that may have been fatal for Frenchie.
