The French tennis mourns his “ambassador” Patrice Dominguez – The Obs

Paris (AFP) – Patrice Dominguez, a former player and tennis coach, journalist, died Sunday at the age of 65 causing a wave of emotion in the sport in France who cries “one of its best ambassadors. “

Former French number 1 and national technical director (DTN) to the Tennis Federation, tournament organizer, Patrice Dominguez was also a journalist and consultant on television and radio.

“At 65, surrounded by his family and all his friends, Patrice Dominguez died (…) at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital after a fight he led with courage and dignity , “said his wife Cendrine Dominguez via a press while began Sunday Masters-1000 Monte Carlo.

” He has dedicated his life to tennis, which he was an actor with multiple roles in World all assumed with passion and determination. player, coach, manager, organizer He was also the voice but also the historian with fifty books on the sport, “she recalled

The latest entitled “Virtuoso” (2013) was praised by Roger Federer, whom he admired the game. “His tennis is musical,” he said often about the Swiss champion.

The manifestations of grief and sympathy have increased after the death of the man who held the post of DTN of the French Federation from 2005 to 2009. Starting with the players.

” very sad to learn of the death of Patrice Dominguez, a great man of French tennis. My condolences to Cendrine, Lea and Leo (the couple’s children Dominguez), “responded on Twitter player Richard Gasquet

-.” A big fan of the game “-

” I extend my deepest condolences to his family and to his family. Thank you for being a good person! “Said in turn Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on the social network.

Julien Benneteau praised for his” great passion for this game. ” “He scored tennis,” said meanwhile the FFT on Twitter.

Among his fellow journalists, the emotion was also in order. “The court has lost one of its best ambassadors and RMC Sport writing partner, “lamented the Parisian radio, where he delivered his analyzes.

” It was a sport melted, someone who loved all sports, which had a very large analytical, who was able to understand and love the simple things that seemed to him but were not for others. He knew popularize very easily, “said on RMC Sport Christian Prudhomme former journalist, now director of the Tour de France, who had worked with Patrice Dominguez on the television channel La 5.

” So many memories flush thinking Patrice Dominguez which distances the day the sun shines high in the sky “, for his part said the journalist of France Télévisions Patrick Montel, who was also his colleague.

Sports Minister Patrick Kanner, “sad”, has meanwhile paid tribute to a man who has “a lot to the French tennis and sport in general.”