Hugo Gaston, September 30, 2020 at Roland-Garros.
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Hugo Gaston, former world number 2 among juniors, has a delicious left-handed leg, bull thighs and an innate sense of cushioning.
In anticipation of the matches in five sets, his trainer, Marc Barbier, had concocted a 6-hour session last week to simulate the effort.
At Roland-Garros,
And in the end, the whole French tennis family got down on their knees to thank heaven for saving their skin on court no.5.
The catastrophe was threatening after the terrible rout of the day before.
Would the boys be able to all point to the ANPE even before the end of the second round for the first time in the history of Roland-Garros?
Well, a man got up, not very high (six feet), but he got up anyway, and he said NO.
No, France, and not just any France, deserves better than to mourn its Musketeers missing before they even reach Calais.
😍🇫🇷 YES!
What passing from Hugo Gaston to conclude the match against Nishioka!
The Frenchman delivered an XXL performance and bought himself a ticket for the 3rd round (6/4 7/6 3/6 6/2) ... # RG20 pic.twitter.com/aSutPVcjwi
- France tv sport (@francetvsport) September 30, 2020
Former world junior number 2 in 2018
This man is Hugo Gaston, former world number 2 among juniors.
A delicious left-handed leg, like Coco Moutet, bull thighs, and a sense of cushioning to make Benoit Paire pass for a country lover.
The Japanese Nishioka, who nevertheless fell for the Canadian Rafale Auger-Aliassime in the first round, ended up dropping the case, disgusted by the variations of the 20-year-old Frenchman, who will not remain 239th in the world for very long if he wins in little power above the belt.
It will be another kettle of fish in two days against the Swiss tank Wawrinka, but Thierry Champion, the high level manager at the Federation, could take advantage of the moment.
“Nishioka is a tough player to maneuver.
Hugo disturbed him with his cushioning and broke his rhythm.
He showed a lot of tactical intelligence.
Physically and mentally he was also very good.
This is his most successful match.
He played the important points well.
He had a little soft kick at the start of the third set, but he immediately knew how to get back into it.
I know he works well with his trainer Marc Barbier.
" He pursues :
After succeeding in playing so solid at Roland Garros, that's something else ”
"He had the best game of his career"
From the height of our little experience in young French hopes, we were particularly seduced by the physical dimension of Gaston, who has never played a match in five sets of his young career.
In four sets, it was only the second, after the Australian Open in January, but Wednesday, it had nothing to do with it.
“In Melbourne, he held two sets against Munar, and he had cracked, remembers DTN Pierre Cherret.
But since he's an intelligent boy who asks 10,000 questions about the why and how and who works, we saw the difference ”.
🇫🇷💪 Hugo Gaston is strong!
The French won the tie-break in the second set and led two sets to nothing against Nishioka.
Furious, the Japanese man smashes his racket # RG20
🖥️ The match to follow live: https://t.co/7GFQvnwOex pic.twitter.com/wnbAsqL2a5
- France tv sport (@francetvsport) September 30, 2020
In anticipation, his trainer, Marc Barbier, had concocted a 6-hour session for him last week to simulate an effort of five sets.
The kid hadn't flown.
“He had the best game of his career, congratulated Champion.
There are small riders who succeed on the circuit.
Nishioka has already knocked down some good players and Schwartzman is playing fire right now.
Smaller jigs handle well.
And Hugo has a good hand, he makes up for his lack of talent with his playing intelligence ”.
It was also noted that he never bounced the ball on the serve.
A little fad of youth.
Nothing to worry about, we know a few manic left-handers who haven't done badly in tennis.
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