Benoît Paire signed the finest achievement of his Monday careers at Flushing Meadows. The Avignon 26, 41st player in the world, eliminated in the 1st round of the US Open Japanese Kei Nishikori, No. 4 and a finalist last year in New York. The French saved two match points in the tiebreak of the fourth set before winning 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 in 3:14.
Faced with an opponent he had never beaten (two losses), Pair proved he was in great shape. This summer, he won his first title on the circuit in Bastad (Sweden). The accumulated confidence in recent weeks has allowed him to remain calm face Nishikori. Led two sets to one and 6-4 in the tie-break, the student returned to Lionel Zimbler height without trembling, thanks to excellent service (21 aces in total).
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In the deciding set, the French Breake Japanese at 2-2. He then managed to keep his into play to offer his best Grand Slam victory with a final ace. In the next round, it will have a very nice card to play against the Turkish Marsel Ilhan, 84th World. “I saved two match points, I am very lucky. Nishikori beat here at the US Open, I would have never imagined the “Pair welcomed right after his feat.
” When we fight, when we do not loose and that says nothing, that’s fine, he said at the microphone Eurosport. I am calm, I am more serene. The people around me encouraging me and helping me. “
VIDEO. The best moments of the game Pair – Nishikori
VIDEO. Pair loose when his racket to serve, you better hide
Jo -Wilfried Tsonga also qualified for the second round. The seeded No. 19 easily beat Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-1, 6-1. He will face Spaniard Marcel Granollers.
VIDEO. The best moments of the match Tsonga – Nieminen
The other smiles in the camp tricolor are worn by the ladies. Oceane Dodin, 18, 128th worldwide, has won a good fight against the experienced Serbian Jelena Jankovic, seeded No. 21 and former No. 1, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Kristina Mladenovic, she won 6-3, 7-5 to Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, seeded No. 30 and titled in New York in 2004.
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