After qualifying this week, Roland Garros officially starts on Sunday. This year the Toulouse tennis can count on two representatives of choice during the Parisian Grand Slam Porte d’Auteuil with Hugo Gaston 68th in the world and Benjamin Bonzi 53rd. Arthur Cazaux 320th was eliminated earlier this week. The three players are licensed at the Stade Toulousain tennis club.
Marc Tiersionner has been the president of the Stade Toulousain tennis club for five years. The club now has 1,300 members. He hopes his two Toulouse players will go far at Roland Garros. This makes it possible to make known the club which is making a place little by little between rugby and football in Toulouse. “We are neighbours. A lot of people go to rugby and don’t know where tennis is. That’s clear. It’s a club that needed to make itself known in the social economic fabric of Toulouse. It’s It’s clear that players of this level participate in it. It’s something that allows us to publicize our club, our sports policy, our support policy for high-level players, our different types of commitment. players break through at this level, we don’t have a structure for players of this level. We aspire to follow the evolution of our players. They go fast. And so we really want to be able to help them and be able to achieve accompany players who enter the top 100.”
Objective 3rd round according to our consultant Paul-Henri Mathieu
The two players licensed at the Stade Toulousain tennis club will be eagerly awaited this year since the French number one Gaël Monfils withdrew and the golden generation of French tennis is about to leave the court. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will play his last tournament in Paris. Benjamin Bonzi and Hugo Gaston will therefore be the two highest ranked Frenchmen behind Messin Ugo Humbert (45th). So the pressure will be on them. But you have to be patient for Radio France tennis consultant Paul-Henri Mathieu. “We often talk about generational lows. They have nothing to do with it. I think you shouldn’t be too hard on them. You have to be patient because it takes time. They arrived a little later on the circuit. They have more and more regular results. These two players really have a really interesting margin of progression. Then, it’s always difficult to say how far they can go and if they will be able to reach the same ranking as the generation before. There are other steps to take. Being in the second week would be a nice surprise. But already, if the two players manage to climb to the third round, it would be a good performance. Because those who arrive usually in the third round, it’s the top seeds.”
Beginning of response this Thursday evening already with the tournament main draw draw which will take place at 7 p.m. At the start of the week, Hugo Gaston was eliminated in the first round of the ATP 250 tournament in Lyon by Manuel Guinard, 158th in the world, in three sets: 4-6, 7-6, 2-6. Benjamin Bonzi, he remains on a more modest success at the Challenger tournament in Aix-en-Provence last week where he beat Frenchman Grégoire Barrère in straight sets, 6-2 6-4.