The wave to the soul of Benoît Paire. Drawing. – Fabrice Coffrini / AFP
Author of his 555th victory on the circuit, Richard Gasquet will not meet Benoît Paire in the quarter-finals of the ATP 250 tournament in Parma. The Biterrois, striker this Wednesday of Pablo Martinez in three sets (6-3, 3-6, 6-3), will face another Spaniard, Jaume Munar. The latter took advantage of the abandonment of Paire, seeded number 2 in the Italian event, who dropped the case (on injury?) When he was led 7-5, 3-1.
In sporting but also mental difficulties for months, the Avignoner has again insulted himself out loud to verbalize his discomfort. He did not, as in Rome two weeks ago, photograph a ball that he believed to be good but deemed a fault, but all this is not reassuring before Roland-Garros, which begins on Sunday.