Tennis: Tsitsipas back, Humbert and Monfils confident, Alcaraz and Nadal in the dark… The barometer of the French and the big names after Monte-Carlo

The clay court season is well and truly underway. Stefanos Tsitsipas won the first Masters 1000 of the year on the surface, in Monte-Carlo, by dominating Casper Ruud in the final, Sunday April 14. A month and a half before Roland-Garros, franceinfo: sport takes stock of the fitness of the favorites and the French with former world 8th Arnaud Clément, France Télévisions consultant.

He was the one who made the biggest impression by lifting the trophy. After a difficult last six months, clay court specialist Stefanos Tsitsipas completed a great week, with only one set lost and a final concluded in just an hour and a half (6-1, 6-4). “By winning in these conditions, it’s obviously a customer for Roland behind”assures Arnaud Clément.

Thanks to this title, the Greek, who is making his return to the top 10 of the ATP rankings (7th), has notably garnered “a lot of confidence”according to our consultant: “Compared to the context, to this lack that he may have had for some time, it will boost him even more for the coming weeks.”

If he stopped in the semi-final, beaten by Casper Ruud (6-4, 1-6, 6-4). Novak Djokovic also produced a “positive week”with “fairly strong, fairly solid towers”, as against Roman Safiullin (38th) when he entered the fray (6-1, 6-2). But he is perhaps still lacking a little physically to be ready for Roland-Garros. “We see at times that he can lack a little bit of rhythm (…) This lack risks being compensated quite quickly in the coming weeks.”

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