Benoît Paire seems to be damned in Lille. In three participations in Play In Challenger, native from Avignon never joined the second round. This Tuesday, he was defeated by Tom Paris (22 years), lucky loser, ranked 511st in ATP, who registered one of his best performances of his young career: 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. « It is always special to feat such a player, there was a lot of audience, I did not expect to play in such a great atmosphere. I have well managed the situation, I am happy», the player from Chalon-sur-Saône explained.
A bit earlier in the evening, another French, Luca Van Assche, was ousted by Polish Kamil Majchrzak (3rd seed) in two sets (4-6, 6-7) and 1h41.
As to Grégoire Barrère, he was not able to defend his chances due to left achileus pain. French Mae Malige (18 years), lucky loser, took the opportunity to keep going on by upsetting German Henri Squire in three sets 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (2h18).
Beginnings of Bonzi and Nardi
This Wednesday, following and ending of the first round with expected starts of Benjamin Bonzi, top seed of Play In Challenger Lille, opposed to another French player Français Pierre-Hugues Herbert, and Italian Luca Nardi, second seed, against Ukrainian qualifier Oleg Prihodko.
The day will also be highlighted by the beginning of the second round, with an exciting French battle : Lucas Pouille v. Hugo Grenier.
