Arthur Fils, the 112th player in the world, won Saturday the ATP 250 tennis tournament in Lyon. The 18-year-old Frenchman beat the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo (N.28), 6-3, 7-5, his first title on the big circuit.
He will face for the first match of his career in Grand Slam, the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich, at Roland-Garros next week. At 18, Fils was the youngest player. in the draw for whom he had received an invitation.