The Frenchman overcame American John Isner in the second-longest match in French Open history in the previous round, which lasted five hours 41 minutes, but hecouldnot repeat the effort as he went down in another five-setter 6-4 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-1.
He told MPs the government had made changes so no school which stayed open would be penalised if individual students couldnot make it to school on that day.