Paris (AFP)
Frenchman Hugo Gaston (155th worldwide) qualified on Saturday at the age of 20 for the first final of an ATP tournament of his career on the clay courts of Gstaad (ATP 250), where he will face the Norwegian Casper Ruud (14th) on Sunday. .
Badly embarked after the loss of the first set, Gaston recovered to dismiss the Serbian Laslo Djere (52nd) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
This is the third seed of the competition released by the French, after Federico Delbonis and Cristian Garin.
He will have a lot to do Sunday against Ruud, who crushed 6-3, 6-0 the Czech Vit Kopriva (249th), out of qualifying.
The Norwegians are a big customer on this surface where they have obtained excellent results this season, notably reaching the semi-finals in Rome and Madrid.
Gaston is the third Frenchman this year to reach a final of an ATP tournament after Pierre-Hugues Herbert, who lost to Russian Daniil Medvedev in Marseille in March and Hugo Humbert, winner of Russian Andreï Rublev on the turf of Halle in June.
French tennis will even have a new chance to shine on Saturday with the semi-final of Richard Gasquet (59th), who faces the German Daniel Altmaier (152nd) at 6 p.m. on the clay court of Umag (ATP 250), in Croatia.
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