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Hugo Gaston’s complicated pass

Emmanuel LANGELLIER: published on Tuesday January 26, 2021 at 12:43 p.m.

Beaten at the Quimper Challenger by Grégoire Barrère, Hugo Gaston is going through a complicated period after his exploits at Roland Garros.

Hugo Gaston, do you remember? This “little guy” measuring 1.73 m who had ignited the last Roland-Garros, exceptionally played last year at the end of September-beginning of October. After taking out the Swiss Stan Wawrinka, then 17th player in the world, by “sticking” a 6-0 in the fifth set, the young Frenchman reached the knockout stages. On the clay courts of Porte d’Auteuil, the talented left-hander had pushed Dominic Thiem to five sets and held France in suspense, riveted on his television. With amortizations (we had counted 55!), Gaston had driven mad the Austrian, finally victorious at the end of a huge fight.

From 239th to 164th worldwide

Ranked 239th in the world, the Toulousain, who has become a darling of French tennis, is now ranked 164th. He returned to the courts by playing the Challenger circuit and the Australian Open will be contested without him in early February. At the Quimper tournament, Hugo Gaston was less successful than at Roland Garros since he was eliminated Monday by his compatriot Grégoire Barrère, 111th in the world, winner in straight sets (6-3, 6-4). A complicated return for the 20-year-old.

Gaston: “Sportingly, it’s complicated at the moment”

“Sportingly, it’s complicated at the moment, conceded Gaston after his setback according to Ouest-France. I haven’t been playing very well for some time. I’m a little more hollow in a moment. I have to do the round back, and it will start again. The transition after the splendor of the French Open went well. “It went well psychologically. I managed well after. Roland-Garros is a tournament that I was able to play because I was invited. But my circuit is that of the Challengers, ”said the Frenchman, perhaps more at ease on clay than on faster surfaces like in Quimper where he will soon be playing a new tournament. “I know that I can play well on these surfaces, even if my game is perhaps more turned towards clay,” explained Hugo Gaston.

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