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ATP Halle – The beautiful perf ‘: Ugo Humbert offers Alexander Zverev (7-6, 3-6, 6-3) and rallies the quarter-finals

This is a result and a performance that will do French tennis good. After a nightmarish clay-court season (a victory for seven losses), Ugo Humbert quickly found his bearings and smiling on the grass. In Halle, the Messin offered the world number 6 Alexander Zverev in the round of 16 (7-6, 3-6, 6-3) and 1h52 of play. This is his third victory over a member of the Top 10, the first this season, after his successes over Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas respectively in Hamburg and Paris-Bercy at the end of 2020. He will be opposed to Sebastian Korda who himself offered Kei Nishikori (2-6, 7-3 , 7-5).

Definitely, the seeds are not at the party on the German turf. After Daniil Medvedev and Roger Federer, it was Alexander Zverev who was trapped Thursday by Ugo Humbert. The French released a very high level match to take the German out to the quarter-finals on Thursday. His daring and his aggressiveness paid off in an end to the match during which the world number 6 gave him nothing.

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After the loss of a very tight first set in the tie-break, Zverev had yet raised the tone in the second act. With a quick break, he had set the record straight and even quickly obtained a first opportunity to delight the opponent’s commitment in the decisive round (7-6, 3-6, 1-1). Despite the dynamic which seemed to him contrary, Humbert then took out the great game in the service (10 aces, 1 double fault, 80% of first balls) as with his left-handed forehand. His grazing and outgoing trajectories made Zverev crack in the next game (7-6, 3-6, 3-1), the Frenchman perfectly seizing his only opportunity to relaunch.

Bluffingly solid until the end, the Messin never trembled thereafter, a bit like the authority that Félix Auger-Aliassime had shown the day before against Federer. If he may have sometimes been a bit too wait-and-see, Zverev will not have much to reproach, he who spent 20 aces for … no double faults (a rarity) in this match. This may be the trigger Humbert needed to launch his season.

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