After a year of absence, the Caen Tennis Open is back at the Zénith

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The Caen Tennis Open opened on Tuesday 14 December at the Zénith in Caen, in a room that has been given a facelift in a few days, after the election of Miss France 2022 the previous weekend.

11,000 tickets sold for the Open

The first day of the Open tennis saw the return to the court of the Caennais Jules Marie, who had created the surprise during the 2019 edition of the Open, where he qualified for the final against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga by beating Benoît Paire (6-2 / 7-6 in 1h25). Tuesday afternoon, Jules Marie again created the feat with a victory in two sets (6-3 / 6-3) against the 198th world, Antoine Hoang. He can hope to aim for a semi-final on Wednesday in his match against Lucas Pouille.

Frenchwoman Margaux Rouvroy facing 7th World Anett Kontaveit

The ladies semi-final in the early evening saw each other face off the 7th player in the world, the Estonian Anett Kontaveit, against the French Margaux Rouvroy, 20 years old and 474th, beaten in two sets (6-1 / 7-5). A match “exceptional, especially against such a player“, said Margaux Rouvroy,”I was very tense at the start, I’m not used to playing in front of so many people, but I managed to relax at the start of the second set.”

For her part, the Estonian recognized it, “Margaux put me in difficulty on the second set, it was a very good match. ” Anett Kontaveit will face world No.1 Alizé Cornet on Wednesday December 15 for the ladies final.

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Tennis fans were there for this first day. In all, 11,000 tickets have already been sold for the 4 days of the competition. “It’s great, there is a really great atmosphere in the audience, exclaims Sofia, who comes to the Open every year, and it does us all a lot of good to come back to the stands, to see people again!“The stands were not fully filled for this first day,”but clearly there was a crazy atmosphere!“, smiles Nicolas.

A proximity with the players that pleased Valentin : “Even though the Zenith is big, you feel very close to the players and it’s great, it has nothing to do with watching tennis on television.“And Céline to conclude:”I had never seen a real tennis match, and suddenly it made me want to come for the final!”


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