https://www.openderennes.org/open-de-rennes-2021/andy-murray-une-surprise-signee-nicolas-mahut
(Rough Google translation)
>ANDY MURRAY, A SURPRISE SIGNED NICOLAS MAHUT
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>It all started with a joke, or almost. When Nicolas Mahut and Andy Murray meet in New York a few days ago, it is with a smile. The two players crossed paths over the summer, and it can't be said that this turned in the Frenchman's favor. Associated with Joe Salisbury, Andy Murray left in the first round the pair composed by Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. A terrible disillusionment for the Habs, doubles specialists all over the world, last winners of Roland-Garros in this category.
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>Eliminated in the first round of the US Open in singles by Stéfanos Tsitsipás, after a game punctuated by locker room breaks from the Greek who made the talk, Andy Murray crosses Mahut, qualified in doubles. The sporting director of the Open Blot Rennes then returns to the charge, a few months after suggesting that he participate in the competition. The idea making its way to the Scottish, what started from a joke becomes after multiple exchanges and reminders a reality. Murray finally decides to accept this Wild Card .
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>It must be said that the two men know each other well, accustomed to a simple circuit on which they have met six times: in 2007 at Indian Wells, in 2008 in Marseille, in 2015 in Rotterdam, and three times at the Queen's in London. It was on this court that Mahut beat for the one and only time in singles Murray, in three sets in 2012.
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>Quarter-finalist of the US Open this year in doubles with his friend Herbert, Nicolas Mahut leaves the United States and takes the direction of Rennes, where he will find Andy Murray. What better place than Brittany for a reunion?
