Arthur Fils, the bad patch

le 14/02/2024 à 12h08

The collaboration between Arthur Fils and Sébastien Grosjean, his coach since the end of last season, is not starting as well as hoped. The Frenchman, 36th in the world at 19, was defeated in the first round on Tuesday, on the clay of Buenos Aires. A defeat against Dusan Lajovic (6/3, 6/4) seems to confirm a bad dynamic.

The season had started not so bad for Fils with a quarter in Hong Kong, beaten by Rublev (6/4, 1/6, 6/2), then a semi in Auckland. A semi, but already a 1st disappointment with a defeat (6/2, 7/5) against Alejandro Tabilo, then 82nd in the world. One could then think that the Frenchman had preserved himself a few days before the Australian Open.

But the rest did not confirm this hypothesis, with a defeat in the 2nd round in Melbourne, against Tallon Griekspoor (3/6, 6/1, 7/5, 6/4), especially disappointing in attitude. So it will be about getting a good dynamic back in Rio from next week.