TO ANALYSE – Engaged this week at the Youth Masters, Hugo Gaston, hero of Roland-Garros 2020, author of a superb course at Bercy, must now confirm.
Hugo Gaston, again, in full light. A little over a year after his epic until the round of 16 at Roland Garros, where, then 239e world, he had eliminated Stan Wawrinka, before giving in on the wire against Dominic Thiem, the left-hander has become magic again at the Rolex Paris Masters, this time.
From the qualifications, he notably hung on his hunting board Pablo Carreno Busta, 17e world, and the prodigy Carlos Alcaraz, 35e, and held the dragee high in the quarter-finals to defending champion and recent US Open winner Daniil Medvedev, scoring three unrealized set points in the first set, before surrendering. Passed in a week from the 103e at the 67e world place, the Blagnac player is sure to integrate the main draw of the next Australian Open and has validated, in passing, his presence at the Masters Next Gen in Milan, which brings together this week the eight best players under 22 years old .
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