Tennis

The era men's tennis french took the lead in wing at the first round of the Masters Series in Indian Wells. Of the four players involved lights at the bottom of the table, only Marc Gicquel has managed to turn the corner. The Breton has beaten the Italian Potito Starace in two sets (6-3, 6-4). That is the only good news of the day. For the rest, the record is indeed thin, with a big disappointment for Michael Llodra. After a misstep in Las Vegas placed on the account of a certain loss of freshness, the recent winner of tournaments in Auckland and Rotterdam has been eliminated by the dryly Korean Hyung-Taik Lee (6-2, 6-3) that he had beaten earlier this year in New Zealand. Few used to playing so many games in simple, Llodra, who has made a big physical preparation, suffering perhaps at this level. The defeat of Sebastien Grosjean and Arnaud Clement Are not the same. The former No. 1 french was against one of the men in the shape of the moment: Robin Soderling. Faced with the Swedish, Grosjean major day would probably have been a chance. But the Marseillais lack of confidence since the beginning of the year. There was, however, an opening Soderling has succeeded since that 43% of first balls. Arnaud Clement facing the same problem as his buddy. Defeated in the first round of every tournament in which he participated this year, the French do not find the "key". Thursday, he bowed face Olivier Rochus in two sets (6-4, 6-4) due to a weak first service (43% for the first French). Friday, three other French, Julien Benneteau, Gilles Simon and Gael Monfils are entering the tournament. Wish them greater success.