Kitzbühel (Austria) (AFP)
Jeremy Chardy of France, ranked 74th overall, qualified for the quarter-finals of the ATP tournament in Kitzbuhel (Austria) by beating Croatian Dusan Lajovic, 26th, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, on Wednesday. 2nd round.
Chardy, 32, is looking for the second title of his career after opening his record in Stuttgart in 2009. Finalist in 2018 on the turf of s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, he had also reached the quarters of final in Hamburg last week.
Faced with 29-year-old Dusan Lajovic, who was exempt from the first round, Chardy built his second victory (in three comparisons with the 29-year-old Serb) thanks to his ability to convert his first service balls into points: 82% against only 61% in Lajovic.
Jérémy Chardy, last Tricolore in the running after the elimination of Richard Gasquet on Tuesday, will face for a place in the last square the Spaniard Albert Ramos (69), winner of his compatriot Jaume Munar (88) 6-2, 6-3. Ramos, 31, took the second title of his career last Sunday on the Swiss clay court of Gstaad.
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