After the seven defeats for two victories (Constant Lestienne and Tessah Andrianjafitrimo) on Monday, Tuesday saw only two new Frenchmen reach the second round of qualifying for the Australian Open.
Quentin Halys (153rd) easily disposed of his compatriot Harold Mayot, 429th and beneficiary of a wild card (6-4, 6-1) and Enzo Coucaud (166th), who had just played in the final of the Bendigo Challenger, Sunday, eliminated the No. 21 seed, Turkish Cem Ilkel (154th) following being led 3-0 in the last round (6-3, 6-7, 6-4).
Despite the impression of a regain of form lately (with notably victories once morest Benjamin Bonzi and Marton Fucsovics in interclub then a quarter-final, last week at the Challenger of Traralgon), the former world n ° 6 Gilles Simon (122nd) initially lost to an Australian junior ranked 1768th and invited by the organizers, Edward Winter, seventeen (6-3, 1-6, 6-3).
After a lap, there are only four Frenchmen left who can still hope to reach the final table of the 2022 Australian Open.
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