2023-04-26 22:13:08
Diverse fortunes for the French at the Masters 1000 in Madrid.
Richard Gasquet and Hugo Grenier made their entry into the Masters 1000 in Madrid on Wednesday, unlike Benoît Paire and Ugo Humbert, beaten in the first round, a few weeks from Roland-Garros. Gasquet, French number one and 43rd in the world, easily beat young Spaniard Martin Landaluce, just 17 and 894th in the world, in straight sets 6-2, 6-1. He will face the Pole Hubert Hurkacz in the second round.
Hugo Grenier, 27, 128th in the world and who pulled out of qualifying on Tuesday to play his first Masters 1000, won against Argentinian Diego Schwartzman (72nd) 7-5, 6-4. He will face American Sebastian Korda in the next round.
Grégoire Barrère (56th), defeated American Emilio Nava 6-0, 5-7, 6-3, and Quentin Halys (66th) beat Australian Alexei Popyrin (4-6, 6-4, 6-4). Hugo Gaston, 22 and 106th in the world, emerged victorious (6-3, 6-4) from the Franco-French duel with Jérémy Chardy, 14 years his senior who fell to 635th place.
Paire had to go through two qualifying rounds
On the contrary, the competition is already over for Ugo Humbert. The 77th player in the world, co-trained by Chardy, lost to Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori (41st) in two hotly contested sets 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/4). The 24-year-old Finn will be opposed in the next round to the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, defending champion and big favorite of the tournament in the absence of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
Benoît Paire (161st in the world) also lost for his first match in the main draw against the Italian Matteo Arnaldi winner 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8/6). In the tie-break, Paire trailed 5-1 before winning the next five points and earning match point. But the young Italian (22), 105th in the world, took the next three points and the match. The Avignonnais, who will be 34 on May 8, had to go through two qualifying rounds to participate in the Madrid event.
Among the women, Clara Burel, 109th in the world and also brilliantly out of qualifying, lost to Colombian Camila Osorio, 115th in the world (6-3, 6-4).
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