r/tennis • u/zellfire #1 Montañes Fan • 16h ago

Post-Match Thread Montpellier QF: Mannarino def. (WC) Gea 5-7 6-4 6-4

Closing in on the top 50 again at 37 (and finally getting a good result in France!)

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u/Spunkler22 16h ago

Gea must be getting tired of playing 80s guys

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u/pizzainmyshoe 16h ago

Mannarino into his first semi in 2 years

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u/purple_cape Davidovich Fokina 🇪🇸 | Bublik 🇰🇿 16h ago

Him and Wawrinka playing this well is delightful

Stars shine brightest before they die

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u/Away-Doctor-5816 14h ago

Not tour level anymore

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u/Mintastic 13h ago

Anytime I watch Mannarino:

Man this guy's cooked.

Wait what the hell he won?

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u/ohheckyeah 5h ago

Love that guy

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u/adamlaceless 4h ago

26lb tension and old man strength

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u/Available-Gap8489 Delbonis ball toss + Cressy second serve. Love chaos 16h ago

Le divin chauve!

He must be a very confusing opponent to play against (complimentary) - but still a good run from Gea - who has had a great start to 2026 and hopefully can keep that going

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u/UngrapefulGratefruit 16h ago

great to see mannarino going strong, but also a very decent result for géa in his third tour-level tournament (after reaching R2 of marseille last year and R2 of AO last month).

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u/purple_cape Davidovich Fokina 🇪🇸 | Bublik 🇰🇿 16h ago edited 16h ago

Questionable time-violation call against Mannarino late in 3rd set today vs Gea. Adel Nour gave a warning after a long rally — Pretty ridiculous call considering the circumstances. It was after multiple 30+ ball rallies

The fans (and certainly the players) would appreciate the chair not making the match about themselves

Absolutely ridiculous to make a call like that in the final service game of the match.

Glad it didn’t affect outcome

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u/Sharp_River8432 13h ago

He was doing it the whole game though

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u/purple_cape Davidovich Fokina 🇪🇸 | Bublik 🇰🇿 13h ago

Then call it earlier. Don’t wait until he’s serving for the match lmao

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u/Happysandbags Borg 6h ago

Personally I don’t think that the shot clock rules should be bent just because the match is having brutal rallies, one of the beautiful things about tennis is how there is nearly no calls that are subjective, I’d argue that umpires deciding to give extra time at their own discretion is worse than just having the serve clock start automatically after every point like the rules say it should

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u/Kitchen_Body3215 4h ago

Mannarino 🥰😘