In his final match in the competition, the Belgian took the opportunity to entertain the show…
by Editor
XAvier Malles, linked to Swede Mats Wellander, suffered another defeat in his third and final cup match at Roland Garros on Saturday in Paris.
After two losses to the French Sebastian Grosjean and Cedric Peulin and then against the Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis and the Croatian Goran Ivanisevic, Malis and Wellander lost 6-4, 2-6, 10/6 to the Frenchman Mansour Bahrami and Julian Benito. After making sure he finished last in his group with this defeat, the Belgian and the Swede decided to take advantage of these last minutes on Parisian clay to entertain the show a bit.
In the middle of the second set, the two partners simply … exchanged places with players from the ball! In a way that couldn’t be more theatrical, Malisse and Wilander did the little boys… while the latter traded a few balls with Bahrami and Benneteau. A particularly beautiful spectacle had the gift of delighting the spectators present…
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