After Roland-Garros, Gilles-Arnaud Bailly qualifies for the US Open junior singles final

The 16-year-old TC Visé-affiliated Bilzen native eliminated Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong, 15th in the world and seeded N.9, in three sets: 3-6, 6-3 and 6-3 in the semi-finals. . The duel lasted 1h49.

The reigning European U18 champion will be opposed in the final to the Spaniard Martin Landaluce (ITF 10/N.5). The scorer of Alexander Blockx (ITF 23) in the quarter-finals eliminated the first seed of the tournament in the first semi-final the Paraguayan Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (ITF 1) 6-3 and 6-2 in 1h19. Bailly lost the junior singles final of the Roland-Garros tournament on June 4 against Frenchman Gabriel Debru 7-6 (7/5), 6-3.