Térence Atmane’s journey ends in the second round of the Masters 1000 in Shanghai. The Frenchman, 148th player in the world, came out of qualifying on Tuesday to reach his first Masters final draw. Winner in the first round of the Australian Jordan Thompson (6-3, 3-6, 6-1), he lost this Saturday against the Chilean Nicolas Jarry, 22nd player in the world (7-5,6-2).
The match was decided for a long time on the success of the first serve of the two players (nearly 80% for the Frenchman) despite difficult weather conditions. The Chilean finally took the advantage at the best moment, taking advantage of a few unforced errors from Atmane to break (5-6) and claim the first act.
“Additional experience”
The Frenchman remains satisfied with his first Masters and will continue his tour in China, at the Shenzhen Challengers, while waiting to know the list of participants in the Next Gen Masters in Jeddah for which he is in the running (13th) among the best world players in under 21 years old. “It was not a good match,” he reacted about his defeat today. But I saw the level of a top 20 player and what I had to work on over the next few weeks before attacking the main circuit. It’s always more experience. I remember a lot of positives about managing stress in qualifying, and my first victory on the ATP circuit is something exceptional for me. I’m going to go to Shenzhen and then we’ll see. If I have a wild card at Bercy (Masters 1000 from October 28 to November 5) I will go, but it will also depend on my schedule. If I am qualified for the Next Gen, I will also have to think about that. »
