2023-10-16 21:33:44
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 6 minutes ago, Updated now
Hugo Gaston. Chryslene Caillaud / Panoramic / PANORAMIC
In a Franco-French duel, Hugo Gaston beat Rinderknech this Monday and advances to the 2nd round.
The Frenchman Hugo Gaston, 96th player in the world, won the Franco-French duel between him and Arthur Rinderknech (82nd) in two sets 7-6 (9/7), 6-4 on Monday to advance to the 2nd round of the tournament ATP 250 Antwerp.
The first round kept all its promises, with both players going blow for blow. Gaston, 23, dominated the start of the match by lining up three consecutive games to lead 3-0 but the Varois rebelled and managed to get back together. Then, neither of the two protagonists gave up their stake again. It was ultimately the Toulouse player who emerged victorious from this standoff concluded by a tie-break (9-7).
Hugo Gaston, who relied on his serve with a total of 11 aces, will face the tournament’s No. 2 seed in the next round, the German Jan-Lennard Struff (27th in the world) on Wednesday. The other Habs in the running this Monday, Grégoire Barrère, also qualified by dismissing the Colombian Daniel Galán 6-1, 7-6 (7/5). He will be opposed to Kazakh Alexander Bublik (N.36).
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