Once at the Stade des Eighths de finale de l’US Open, there were only two French players left: Adrian Mannarino and Arthur Rinderknech. But the two tricolor players were released this Sunday by Jiri Lehecka and Carlos Alcaraz.
At the height of his 37 years, Adrian Mannarino impressed in this Grand Chelem, with great successes against Tallon Griekspoor (7-5, 6-4, 6-0) and Jordan Thompson (6-4, 6-7, 6-3, 6-3). The Frenchman then took advantage of the abandonment of Ben Shelton to climb in the round of 16, but his 61st participation in a Grand Slam tournament will not allow him to reach the quarters for the first time.
Despite a good reaction in the 3rd set, Mannarino lost to the Czech Jiri Lehecka, seeded n ° 20, who had won the first two sets (7-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2).
For his part, Arthur Rinderknech was faced with a larger piece, with the world number 2 Carlos Alcaraz in front of him. After having crossed the Carballe Baena obstacles, Davidovich Fokina and Benjamin Bonzi, the walk was this time too high for the Habs.
But he did not deserve, especially during the first round where he pushed his opponent to Tie-Break (7-6, 6-3, 6-4).
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