Gilles Simon during the 2nd edition of the Open Parc de Lyon © R.Lopez
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Canceled in 2020, due to the health crisis, the 4th edition of the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes tennis tournament begins this Monday, May 17 at the Tête d’Or park. Several French people are expected on the court.
The Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes tennis tournament is back in Lyon this Monday, May 17, after its cancellation in 2020. The start of the week for players should however be rather quiet, spectators will only be allowed to access the tournament. ‘from Wednesday and in a limited gauge. In order to comply with health measures, only 1,500 tickets were put on sale for this ATP250.
Six French people on the court this Monday
The first matches of this 4th edition must start today, from 10 am. We will find six French on the court, including Ugo Humbert who will be opposed to the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, Pierre-Hugues Herbert against the American Sebastian Korda or even Gilles Simon who will try to get rid of the Slovenian Aljaz Bedene. Tomorrow we will find one of the shocks of this tournament with the opposition between the Russian Aslan Karastev, 25th in the world, and the young Italian prodigy Jannik Sinner, 17th in the world.
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End of qualifying and start of the main draw with some very nice posters. Note the shock between @AsKaratsev and @janniksin , and the opposition of two members of the Next Gen @felixtennis against Lorenzo Musetti????#OpenParc pic.twitter.com/u752EjQI15— Open Parc ARA (@OpenParcARA) May 16, 2021
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