Hugo Gaston on October 12, 2020, during training in Balma, near Toulouse.
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It's just a new step in Hugo Gaston's progression, but it looks like a giant leap.
Executioner of Stan Wawrinka then unfinished nightmare of Dominic Thiem in the round of 16 at Roland Garros, the young Frenchman gained 82 places in the ATP ranking.
In this list updated Monday, the 20-year-old Blagnaco-Fonsorbais occupies the 157th place, wedged between the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang and the Spanish neophyte Carlos Alcaraz (17 years).
It is not yet Byzantium, but Hugo Gaston's short-term goal - to join the Top 100 - is getting closer.
"If I continue on this dynamic, with this level of play, I have the level to get there," said the little prince of the cushioned Thursday, when he returned to his club Blagnac TC.
After his media marathon last week, the Haut-Garonnais resumed training on Monday before returning to the mainstream of the Challenger tournaments (second division of the professional circuit) on October 26 in Hamburg, Germany.
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