Benoît Maylin on the French team: "I wouldn't have picked Ugo Humbert"

le 21/10/2025 à 12h24

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Benoît Maylin, a commentator on the "Sans Filet" show on Winamax, criticized Paul-Henri Mathieu's choices for the French Davis Cup selection.

The French journalist is firm: with a selection announced so early, current form must take priority. And Ugo Humbert, despite his recent final, did not convince:

"He's in the final because Rune withdraws, and against Ruud, he's absolutely non-existent. If I have the choice for a fifth man, I'd directly pick Arthur Rinderknech and Corentin Moutet. I wouldn't think twice.

So what is the French team? A hospital to patch up slightly bruised guys, or is it to pick the best players at the moment? Let's imagine that Giovanni loses quickly in Basel and does nothing in Paris. If Ugo Humbert does the same..."

As a reminder, captain Paul-Henri Mathieu selected four players to face Belgium in the Davis Cup finals from November 18 to 23 in Bologna: Ugo Humbert, Benjamin Bonzi, Arthur Rinderknech, and Pierre-Hugues Herbert.

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Mathieu Paul-Henri

Non classé

Bonzi Benjamin

94e, 667 points

Rinderknech Arthur

29e, 1540 points

Humbert Ugo

37e, 1380 points

Herbert Pierre-Hugues

155e, 399 points

Moutet Corentin

35e, 1408 points

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As we move to the end of this month and also closing out the year I am wishing all of those following me a Merry Christmas and a Happy/Healthy New Year.

Let's make that wish for all 2000 plus players hoping for 5 wins each day. Hoping ŵhen we open the results page to see all green, and no red. And especially NO CANCELED matches.

From me and my rotti JAZ, I bid you all good night, and see you in...

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why did tennis tonic void predictions on the match between Chwalinska and Huergo at the Quito tournament? The match was played to completion and on time. If TT feels the match is one sided, and of course it was, then don't put it up for prediction. This is getting irritating.

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The finals are here, and we scramble for the best finish. I've been chasing "King" all year and I was able to shrink the spread a little. Skelp is also closing the gap.

Seasons best to all the regulars in our league.

Will you all be back in the new year.?

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Steffi Graf completed a Golden Slam (not just a career Grand Slam) when she was 19. She is the only person to accomplish that, winning the four majors plus Olympic gold the same calendar year.

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