Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Monday, December 20, 2021 at 4:20 p.m.
821st in the world before the Caen Open, Jules Marie (30) won at home by successively dismissing Lucas Pouille, David Goffin and Ugo Humbert, who ended up abandoning in the final.
There were a lot of people last week at the Caen Tennis Open. Among the women, we had a good clash in the final between Alizé Cornet and the Estonian Anett Kontaveit, won in three sets by the Habs (7-5, 6-7, 6-2). In the male table, we could see the Belgian ghost David Goffin as well as a beautiful French colony led by Ugo Humbert, accompanied by Lucas Pouille, Arthur Rinderknech, Benjamin Bonzi but also Jules Marie, finalist of the event in 2019. And it was the latter, 821st in the world before his arrival in Calvados, who won at home, thanks to his victory in the final against Humbert! He first released another compatriot, Antoine Hoang (6-3, 6-3), before dismissing Pouille (6-3, 6-4), then Goffin (6-1, 6-4), a 39th player in the world most seen on the tour since September and who has appeared rusty.
In the final, Marie (30) first gave up the first set in the tie-break, and he was leading 5-3 serve to follow in the second act when Humbert had to retire due to back pain. “If you had told me on Tuesday that I would lift the trophy tonight, I would probably have laughed at you. Just look at the table, I was the lowest ranked player in the Open.”, then reacted the Caennais, reports West France. He also confessed that he would have preferred to win with another scenario, or even bow …
“I would have preferred to lose after a long fight”
“Winning the Caen Open without raising your arms after a match point is horrible. I admit that I am a little defeated, I would have liked to raise my arms. I had already imagined the scenario. I would have preferred to lose 7-5 in the 3rd, after a long fight, with emotions, a vibrant audience, than to win in this way. It is not representative of the tournament that I did. I was disappointed, sad, but I absolutely don’t blame Ugo, he continued. With a little hindsight, I will savor. My name is written on the trophy, it’s just huge. On the list of the Open de Caen, there are Tsonga, Simon, Gasquet, Ferrer and … Jules Marie. It’s amazing, it’s a movie. These are just guys who were in the Top 10. I’m the exception. “An exception now hoping to get a wild card … for the Cherbourg Challenger.
