Arthur Rinderknech bowed when he entered the Masters 1000 in Toronto against premises Alexis Galarneau (7-6 (2), 6-3).
Hard return. After a successful passage on grass with victories on Ben Shelton (4th) to the Queen’s and another against Alexander Zverev (3rd) in Wimbledon, but also a recent semi-final on clay at Kitzbühel (eliminated by his compatriot Arthur Cazaux), Arthur Rinderknech (64th) lacked his return to Toronto. The French bowed in the first round against the Canadian Alexis Galarneau (26, 193rd at ATP). A tie-break missed in the first set and a second one-way round (7-6 (2), 6-3), Rinderknech failed to raise its level of play.
Rinderknech to the fault
Followed by Lucas Pouille to the US Open, Arthur Rinderknech was not helped by his service. Despite his 11 aces in the meeting, he only scored 35 % points behind his second ball. Which undoubtedly cost him the gain of the first set. Led to the tie-break by his opponent, he left three points on his put into play on the five played.
Same story in the second set. Led (1-2), he first saved four break balls to equalize. A warning. On the next service game, the Canadian was breaking on his second attempt, the seventh of the meeting (2-4). Not far from losing the match on his service (3-5, 30-40), the Frenchman had two opportunities to take over the service of his opponent, guest for this 2025 edition in Toronto. On the second Galarneau match ball, the 64th world player made a new fault – 44 on the whole match against 22 for Galarneau.
Before the defeat of Breton, two French people had validated their ticket for the second round: Hugo Gaston and Adrian Mannarino. This Tuesday, Ugo Humbert, opposed to Emilio Nava (114th) will be the first tricolor in the running in Toronto. Giovanni Mpeshi Perricard will face Holger Rune (9th), Alexandre Muller will be opposed to Miomir Kecmanovic (50th) and Corentin Moutet to Jenson Brooksby (102nd).
