L16:  Federico Agustín Gómez (ARG) & Marcus Willis CR 465 (240+225) vs (4) Iñigo Cervantes & Oriol Roca (ESP/ESP) CR 314 (170+144)

QR1:  Felix Gill WR 542 defeated (ALT/9) Juan Bautista Otegui (ARG) WR 472 by 1-6 6-3 6-3 

*****

FQR:  (q1) Mathys Erhard (FRA) WR 335 (= CH) vs Felix Gill WR 542

Yeh !!!!

Great win for Felix - although Erhard absolutely threw in the towel and stopped playing in that third set - not injured, as far as I could see, just 'having a sulk moment' ::((

But whatever.....

FQR: Felix Gill WR 525 def. (q1) Mathys Erhard (FRA) WR 310 1-6 6-3 6-0

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 14th of August 2023 01:48:56 PM

You're not wrong...... I love 'em dearly (well, quite a lot of them, maybe not all but lots of good traits in general) but there is a definite diva tendency

In fact, if SC is reading this, my theory is that it's all to with the word 'gagner'

In French, 'gagner' means to win, to win a match, or the lottery, or whatever

But it also means to 'earn' - i.e. salary - how much do you 'gagne' each year as a teacher is how much do you earn as a teacher.

And French kids make no distinction - I say this from experience.

If you deserve something, you 'merit' it in French, which is fine, but that's a specific subset of earning - it's not earning in general (i.e. you merit a pay rise, maybe, but you still win your salary)

As far as most are concerned, you basically 'win' things, out of the sky, by luck - you don't 'earn' them. Or maybe they know that you do but the language is working against you.

L32:  (Q) Felix Gill WR 525 vs Francesco Forti (ITA) WR 385 (CH = 313 in February last year)

Felix wins the opening set.

L16:  Federico Agustín Gómez (ARG) & Marcus Willis CR 437 (221+216) defeated (4) Iñigo Cervantes & Oriol Roca (ESP/ESP) CR 318 (169+149) by 7-6(4) 6-3