Novak Djokovic unbeatable, OL cannot cope, Clarisse Agbégnénou stumbles… The sports recap of the weekend

The Paris-Bercy Masters 1000 final, the 11th day of Ligue 1, the Transat Jacques Vabre, the European Judo Championships in Montpellier and the Brazilian Formula 1 Grand Prix were the highlights of Saturday 4 and Sunday November 5. If you haven’t had time to follow, franceinfo: sport summarizes everything for you.

Tennis: Novak Djokovic is still the master of Bercy

The indestructible Novak Djokovic has struck again. Opposed to the surprising Grigor Dimitrov (17th in the world), the Serbian showed himself solid to recover his crown (6-4, 6-3), a year after his defeat in the final against Holger Rune. Even heckled by part of the public and despite the fatigue accumulated during his three previous matches, “Nole” was never worried by the Bulgarian. At 36, the world number 1 continues to collect records: he won the Paris tournament for the seventh time and won his 40th Masters 1000 title.

In doubles, the Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin (39 years old) won the tournament with his Mexican sidekick Santiago Gonzalez, against the Indian Rohan Bopanna and the Australian Matthew Ebden (6-2, 5-7, 10-7) .

Ligue 1: Lyon digs deeper, Nice remains leader

The ordeal never ends for OL, still without a victory after 10 Ligue 1 matches. Fabio Grosso’s players even almost lost to promoted Metz on Sunday (1-1) in their own stadium. The club’s discourse has changed significantly since the defeat against Clermont two weeks earlier, since certain players now assume the objective of remaining in the elite.

PSG put pressure on Nice by winning at the start of the day against Montpellier (3-0), but the Aiglons did not give up. They retained the lead in the championship by getting the better of Rennes (2-0), Sunday at the end of the 11th day. Francesco Farioli’s players are still undefeated and have the best defense in the five major European championships with only four goals conceded.

It should be noted that this day will not remain the most memorable in terms of spectacle. On Saturday, no goals were scored in the two games on the program (Lorient-Lens and Marseille-Lille) and the weekend ended with only 13 goals scored, the lowest total for a Ligue 1 day since the 16th lift of the 2015-2016 season (13 goals).

Transat Jacques Vabre: Maxi Banque Populaire XI in the lead, the other categories still at the dock

Armel Le Cléac’h and Sébastien Josse took the lead of the race on Thursday and although their lead increased throughout the weekend, it melted last night. Sunday at 9 p.m., she reached 104 nautical miles (192 km) on the pair Charles Caudrelier and Erwan Israel (Maxi Edmond de Rotschild). This Monday morning, at 7:00 a.m., SVR Lazartigue (François Gabart and Tom Laperche), once again runner-up, was only at 48.2 nm (89.3 km), the race being completely restarted. The five boats in the Ultim category, that of the largest ships, have negotiated the Doldrums (the inter-tropical convergence zone, renowned for its unpredictable climate) and are off the Brazilian coast.

The other categories are still at the dock. The Ocean Fifty and the Class40 leave Lorient on Monday, where they had to stop because of storm Ciaran. As for the Imoca, they will have to wait until Tuesday (9:30 a.m.) to finally cast off and start the race from Le Havre.

European Judo Championships: Clarisse Agbégnénou misses out, not the other French people

Five gold medals, four bronze… The results of the French delegation during the European Judo Championships in Montpellier are rather positive. Romane Dicko (+78kg), Luka Mkheidze (-60 kg), Shirine Boukli (-48 kg), Amandine Buchard (-52 kg) and Marie-Eve Gahié (-70 kg) were all crowned less than a year before the Paris Olympic Games. We will remember that the French won 100% of their fights for a medal, Walide Khyar (-66 kg), Romain Valadier-Picard (-60 kg), Sarah-Léonie Cysique (-57 kg) and Alpha Oumar Djalo (-81 kg) adorned with bronze.

But the results of these home championships are also marked by the failure of Olympic champion Clarisse Agbégnénou (-63 kg) whose adventure ended in the quarter-finals. “I’d rather lose here than at the Games. The sportswoman in me is disappointed, but I’ll be fine.” tried to reassure the one who is already in her third defeat in 2023, after the Masters in Tel Aviv and Budapest.

F1: Max Verstappen overtakes Alain Prost

Pole, the sprint race, the Grand Prix… Unsurprisingly, Max Verstappen won everything in Brazil this weekend. The Dutchman, already assured of a third consecutive world champion title, took care of his statistics. He improved his own record, that of the number of victories in an F1 season (17), and above all surpassed Alain Prost in the number of total Grand Prix successes. At 26, the Red Bull star is already at 52, one step behind Sebastian Vettel’s 53, third driver with the most victories in the history of the discipline.