Tennis nation in crisisA lot of nostalgia, a lot of money – and yet France keeps losing
Roland Garros is thriving, but French tennis isn’t: After five days, all the locals had failed. Now Roger Federer’s former coach should bring rescue.
The flag flies, the Frenchman loses: Ugo Humbert’s second-round defeat in Paris is another example of the ongoing crisis in the Grande Nation.
Photo: Geoffroy Van der Hasselt (AFP)
Roland Garros started with a lot of good spirits. Yannick Noah walked barefoot onto the Philippe Chatrier court and sang. Everywhere became Noah on the 40th anniversary of his triumph in Paris from 1983 celebrated in the newspapers, magazines, on television, with video documentaries. And Lucas Pouille dived at rank 675 and plagued by depression, survived the qualification and even a round in the main draw. The audience agreed to the Marseillaise, he sang along.
2023-06-05 17:10:17
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