Adrian Mannarino continues. After his victory at the Astana tournament on Tuesday, the Frenchman did not tremble against the Taiwanese Chun Hsin Tseng, 380th player in the world who came out of qualifying and won (6-2, 6-2), in the second round of the Masters 1000 from Shanghai this Sunday.
By breaking from the start (1-0), the Frenchman put pressure on Tseng who then worked to come back and cause difficulties for the 23rd player in the world. After 45 minutes, Mannarino definitely took the match into his own hands by breaking again at 5-2, before logically winning the first set on serve.
The second act was then controlled from start to finish by the Frenchman, who broke at 2-1, then unfolded. He finally won with a powerful winning forehand (6-2).
“I haven’t slept much in three days”
Satisfied with this sixth consecutive victory on the circuit, Mannarino nevertheless confided that he had been in poor form. The Frenchman has been ill for a few days: “I feel good tennis-wise, it always feels good to arrive with confidence after winning a tournament and you have to build on that. Afterwards, it was a tiring week, with a grueling journey. I fell ill two days ago, and now I really feel that it is very difficult to recover. I haven’t slept much in three days. But you have to deal with it, so I do my best. Today (Sunday), on the court, I had a little trouble when the rallies dragged on. But I managed to win some long rallies and important points and the match was a little shorter than I expected, so good. Since I wasn’t feeling well physically, I wanted it to end as quickly as possible. I’m going to try not to think too much and try to make the best possible start for tomorrow (Monday) by taking all the positives that there are to take. »
Mannarino will undoubtedly have more to do in the third round on Monday, where he will face Russian Andrey Rublev, world number 7, who defeated Frenchman Quentin Halys in the previous round.
2023-10-08 10:57:44
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