Two sets ahead and a match point in the fourth set were not enough.
Hugo Gaston lost Tuesday against Sebastian Korda (3-4, 3-4, 4-0, 4-3, 4-0) for his entry into the Masters Next Gen, an experimental tournament which brings together the eight best players of 21 years or younger in Milan.
In a style opposition, Gaston (1m73) used his game while variations, combining cushioning, slices and well-felt counters during the first two sets, before slowing down in front of the powerful Floridian (1m96), son of former world number 2 Petr and himself already 39th at ATP, who relied on his serve (ten aces).
Lorenzo Musetti and Sebastian Baez still on the program
Despite a match point obtained in the fourth round, therefore, Gaston, who has just entered the Top 100, ended up breaking in 2:02.
The Toulousain is coming out of a beautiful - but tiring - week at Bercy, during which he reached the quarter-finals before losing to Russian Daniil Medvedev.
The Toulouse player has yet to face the Italian Lorenzo Musetti and the Argentinian Sebastian Baez in Group B.
The Masters Next Gen is played with somewhat different rules from those in force on the ATP Tour: matches are played over three winning sets of four games, with a tie-break at 3-3, and a tie-break at 40-40. .
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