There was a record Davis Cup crowd of 27,432 spectators at Stade Pierre Mauroy on Friday, but Jo-Wilfried Tsonga says he could barely hear them.

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After his 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 shakedown at the hands of Stan Wawrinka in the first Rubber of France’s Davis Cup final with Switzerland, Tsonga didn’t mince words about the lack of vocal support he perceived to be hearing.

"When the teams were introduced, they applauded Stan [Wawrinka] more than us, Roger [Federer] more than us," a miffed Tsonga said, according to the AP. "We heard the Swiss spectators more than we heard the French ones."

Tsonga fell to an energized Wawrinka, who no doubt heard the support of the estimated 2,500 cowbell-toting Swiss fans who made the trip to Lille. To make matters better for Wawrinka and worse for Tsonga, many of the more vocal French fans were seated far off the playing surface in the giant arena.

Tsonga, currently No. 12 in the world, had won three of four (five of six including doubles) Davis Cup singles rubbers in 2014 heading into Friday’s battle with world No. 4 Wawrinka. But since the US Open the 29-year-old Frenchman has only managed three victories in seven matches.

Getting booed while checking a mark in the clay during Friday’s defeat most certainly didn’t help Tsonga’s mood.

"I was booed in my own country, maybe not by the French spectators but by the Swiss spectators. It's annoying," he said.

But France’s highest-ranked singles player admitted that it’s up to him to feed the frenzy of the crowd—something that Gael Monfils did quite nicely while defeating Roger Federer in straight sets in the second match of the day.

"We need to go and get the enthusiasm of the French crowd by the quality of our game," he said. "It's because I was not winning today maybe that it happened. I'm hoping that for the next matches it's going to change."