Reuters

Hugo Gaston, a 20-year-old wildcard ranked 239th in the world, is the last French man standing at the French Open after Benoit Paire crashed out meekly and Pierre-Hugues Herbert missed an opportunity to beat sixth seed Alexander Zverev on Wednesday. While qualifier Benjamin Bonzi can be excused for being humbled 6-2 6-4 6-4 by NextGen ATP Finals winner Jannik Sinner of Italy, Paire again under-performed in a 7-6(3) 4-6 6-3 6-1 defeat by Federico Coria. It is the first time since 2010 that only one French man reached the third round at Roland Garros, but Paire, who admitted this week that he was "tired mentally" after being confined to his hotel room at the U.S. Open after mixed COVID-19 test results, would not say it was the end of a generation.