Luca Nardi and Joao Sousa Face Off in Final of Hard Surface Tournament

Surface: Hard Surface

The heads of series

Quentin Halys 66 Rank (1)

Benjamin Bonzi 107 Rank (2)

Hugo Grenier 122 Rank (3)

Luca Nardi 154 Rank (4)

Match schedule HERE

The results HERE

LIVE follow-up HERE

The updated table HERE

Monday July 31

We start this tournament with the success of the TDS 4 Luca Nardi against the Colombian Nicolas Mejia 3/6 6/2 6/3. Joao Sousa, 34, guest, ATP 352 knocks out TDS 5 Mattia Bellucci 6/7 6/4 6/4.

Peter Gojowcyk (GER) wins a tense match against Ricardas Berankis (LIT) 2/6 6/4 7/6 (4) and Adrian Andreev logically disposes of the Czech Dominik Palan 6/3 7/6.

Note the qualifications in the main draw of Lucas Poullain and Kenny De Schepper.

Tuesday, August 1

Very contrasting day for the Habs players who came in large numbers to this tournament. We start with the bankruptcy of the seeds 1, 2 and 3.

Quentin Halys surprisingly loses against Gastao Elias (guest) 7/5 7/5. Benjamin Bonzi, out of confidence, lost 6/4 6/4 against Steven Diez (CAN) and Hugo Grenier also lost unexpectedly, 6/4 6/3, against the Portuguese hopeful Jaime Faria, ATP 245.

Goncalo Oliveira, another Portuguese, dismisses the qualifier Lucas Poullain 6/4 6/0. Alibek Kachmazov (RUS) out Kenny de Schepper 6/4 6/4 as did Pierre Hugues Herbert against Laurent Lokoli.

Antoine Escoffier wins against the Italian Lorenzo Giustino 6/3 6/4 and Jules Marie, strong, wins against Benjamin Lock 6/3 6/4.

Wednesday August 2

Two round of 16 matches on the program with the expected success of Luca Nardi, TDS 5, 6/4 3/6 6/3 against local Goncalo Oliveira. Adrian Andreev also distinguished himself by eliminating the German Peter Gojowczyk 2/6 6/3 6/2.

Thursday August 3

Continuation of the 1/8th with Denis Yevseyev, winner in Astana last week, who surprises Emilio Nava (USA, TDS 6) 3/6 6/3 7/5. Antoine Escoffier eliminates Altug Celikbilek (TUR) 6/4 7/6.

Steven Diez, the surprise guest, took advantage of a good draw and won against local Henrique Rocha, guest, 6/3 6/2. Pierre Hugues Herbert continues his journey by dismissing the qualified Jaime Faria 6/7 6/4 6/4.

Good also for Jules Marie victorious against another qualifier, Gastao Elias (POR) 6/4 6/3, who beat Quentin Halys in T1.

Friday August 4, the 1/4 finals

Jules Marie ???????? vs Denis Yevseyev ???????? : 3/6 7/6 (7) 6/4

Big match between two players who both remained on 7 consecutive successes. Tossed around at the start of the game, Marie will then adjust and show great mentality to come and get the second round before finishing in style.

Always excellent in matches in three sets, 15 out of 17 won in 2023, the Frenchman offers himself a place in the semi synonymous with 57 places better in the ATP ranking and will be at worst 240th next Monday.

Pierre Hugues Herbert ???????? vs Joao Sousa ???????? : 6/7 2/6

Very solid in service, the Portuguese, ATP 352, boosted by his audience, the Portuguese had closed the door twice.

Adrian Andreev ???????? vs Luca Nardi ???????? : 4/6 3/6

Favorite of this meeting, the 19-year-old Italian hopeful was almost perfect.

Antoine Escoffier ???????? vs Steven Diez ???????? : 6/3 6/4

In a good period, the Habs steered their boat well by being effective in service, 11 aces and on break points against him, 7 out of 8 saved.

Saturday August 5, the 1/2 finals

Jules Marie ???????? vs Joao Sousa ???????? : 6/7 (4) 0/6

End of series, 8 successes in a row, for the 31-year-old Habs who have had one of their best weeks since January. Today he held a round against local Joao Sousa, supported by a large crowd, before cracking.

But he will leave Porto from 297th to 243rd in the world, it’s all good.

Luca Nardi ???????? vs Antoine Escoffier ???????? : 7/6 (3) 6/4

Very good on his service games, the young 19-year-old Italian hardly left Escoffier a chance and logically climbed into the final.

Sunday August 6, Final

Joao Sousa ???????? vs Luca Nardi ????????

2023-08-06 03:43:43
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