For its return, after the 2020 and 2021 editions canceled due to Covid, the Bordeaux-Primrose tennis tournament hits hard. The organizer even promises a table among “one of the most distinguished in the history of the Tournament”, after the announcement of the participating players, this Tuesday, April 19.
On the clay courts of Cauderan, from April 9 to 15, will meet five players who are among the top 100 in the world. The seeded number 1 will be the Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi (59th in the world), selected with the France Davis Cup team in March. Other Blue, Hugo Gaston (64th) darling of the Parisian public after his performances at Roland-Garros in 2020 and at Bercy last year, will also be there.
The Australian James Duckworth (74th), the Spaniard Carlos Taberner (94th) are the other members of the Top 100 present in Bordeaux, with Richard Gasquet (82nd) who won the Bordeaux tournament in 2010. Another former winner is present, Lucas Pouille, the defending champion, who lifted the trophy in 2019, has since fallen to 157th place in the world. Among the other names to follow, the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, former world number 7 in 2009, and the American Jack Sock, ex-number 8, Pierre-Hugues Herbertdoubles specialist and winner of the Davis Cup with France in 2017, or the Béarnais Jeremy Chardy.
The tournament will also be marked, Wednesday May 11, for the jubilee of Michaël Llodra, Olympic medalist, three-time Grand Slam winner, and member of Villa Primrose. He will play a doubles match with Guy Forget, Henri Leconte and a player whose identity has not been revealed.
The list of players present at the tournament
- Benjamin Bonzi (France – 59th worldwide)
- Hugo Gaston (France – 64th)
- James Duckworth (Australia – 74th)
- Richard Gasquet (France – 82nd)
- Carlos Taberner (Spain – 94th)
- Jaume Munar (Spain – 101st)
- Quentin Halys (France – 102nd)
- Taro Daniel (Japan – 104th)
- Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay – 105th)
- Alexei Popyrin (Australia – 106th)
- Juan Pablo Varillas (Peru – 109th)
- Thiago Monteiro (Brazil – 110th)
- Corentin Moutet (France – 112th)
- Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Argentina – 116th)
- Fernando Verdasco (Spain – 121st)
- Stefan Kozlov (USA, 123rd)
- Nicolas Jarry (Chile – 126th)
- Jack Draper (UK – 124th)
- Nuno Borges (Portugal – 131st)
- Elias Ymer (Sweden – 135th)
- Liam Broady (UK – 138th)
- Jack Sock (USA, 139th)
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France – 142nd)
- Lucas Pouille (France – 157th)
- Jeremy Chardy (France – 236th)