Marseilles (AFP)
The French Pierre-Hugues Herbert, 93rd in the world, joined Daniil Medvedev in the final of the ATP tournament in Marseille by easily beating his compatriot Ugo Humbert, 31st in the ATP ranking, in straight sets (6-3, 6-2).
On his momentum and in full confidence, Pierre-Hugues Herbert dispatched Ugo Humbert, yet much better classified than him, in just over an hour of play to qualify for the final of the Open 13.
He will face Russian Daniil Medvedev, the third-ranked player in the world and No. 1 seed on Sunday, who qualified at the expense of Australian Matthew Ebden, who was forced to retire after the score was 6-4, 3-0. in favor of the Russian.
Very skilful in the service, the Alsatian imposed his pace of entry, and seized the break opportunities, by gleaning the service of Humbert from the 7th game of the first set.
Taking advantage of the feverishness of Messin, seeded N.4, he won the first set 6-3, to end up winning 6-2 in the second, after a double-break, confirmed twice by games white.
“It was a near-perfect match for me from start to finish.
I'm really satisfied with my match [...], I'm playing at one of my best levels ”declared the Frenchman at a press conference after the match.
Sensation of the tournament after having signed the most beautiful victory of his career in singles by eliminating the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, 5th player in the world, in three sets (6-7, 6-4, 6-2), the double specialist --il managed the career Grand Slam associated with Nicolas Mahut - is still in the race to try to win his first ATP singles title (excluding Challenger tournaments).
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