SHANGHAI, China – Ugo Humbert (34th in the world) was stopped dead in the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters by Russian Andrey Rublev (7th), who dominated the Frenchman 6-2, 6-3 on Friday.
Rublev, winner this year of his first Masters 1000, on clay in the spring in Monte-Carlo, will face the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (19th), also winner in straight sets, 7-6 (2), 6 for a place in the final. -4, from Chilean Nicolas Jarry (22nd).
Humbert was totally overwhelmed in the first set by the power and speed of Rublev’s shots, who took the French left-hander’s serve twice in a row, in the third and fifth games, to escape 5-1 and win set 6 -2.
In the second set, Rublev could not maintain the high level of play of the first, and Humbert had several opportunities to break, at 2-1, then 3-2. But the Frenchman was unable to seize them, unlike the Russian who stole the service at 3-3, only to succeed a little later in another break and move towards victory.
Rublev, whom Humbert beat in three hard-fought sets in the round of 16 of the Beijing tournament last week, also regained the upper hand over the French No. 2 in their face-to-face matches, now leading 3 victories to 2.
2023-10-13 10:24:41
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