The second round of qualifying for the Australian Open took place this Thursday, January 11. Nine French people were on the court (Elsa Jacquemot was eliminated the day before), but there are only five to compete in the qualifying round.
Jules Marie’s dream ended against Swiss Alexander Ritschard. The player had succeeded in his bet made two years ago to return to Grand Slam qualifications, losing in three sets (6-7 [3], 6-3, 6-2). The Caennais won the first set in the tie-break, but then broke down. On Monday, Marie signed the first victory of her career in a Major, against her compatriot Benoit Paire (7-6, 6-4).
Pierre-Hugues Herbert will not see the main draw either. Facing the Canadian Gabriel Diallo, P2H gave in to the super tie-break, while the referee had forgotten that the 3rd round was being played like this and had announced his opponent’s victory a little too early. Despite this reprieve, he still ultimately lost in three sets (4-6, 6-4, 7-6 [10]).
Gaston sérieux, Atmane et Mayot en plein bonheur
Hugo Gaston (99th), who missed the cut for the final table for three small places, will compete in the qualifying round. Winner of Kazakh Beibit Zhukayev (188th ATP) in two sets (7-6 [3]6-3), the Toulouse player will meet the South African Lloyd Harris (149th) in the next round. « I will have a complicated match because Harris was in the 30 or 40 best players in the world (31 January 2021). We will have to win the qualifier. »
Facing the Bosnian Nerman Fatic (210th ATP), Terence Atmane (145th in the world) won in three sets (6-3, 3-6, 7-5). “I fought a lot with myself because I was stressed but I’m super happy to have managed to turn the match around. » At 22, he will play his first Grand Slam qualifying round, against the American Emilio Nava (147th).
A year younger, Harold Mayot (159th in the world) is participating in his third Grand Slam qualifications. He crushed the Bolivian Hugo Dellien (109th) in the second round (6-0, 6-3), and will try against the Czech Jakub Mensik (144th) to qualify for his favorite tournament.
Jeanjean and Fierro meet
Léolia Jeanjean came out on top against another Frenchwoman, Carole Monnet. A clinching victory, in three sets (6-1, 4-6, 6-2): “Carole is a girl that I don’t really like playing because she has a way of playing that annoys me a lot. » Lucky-loser last year (eliminated in the last round of qualifying but drafted after a withdrawal in the main draw), she will try to enter the Australian draw with this time a victory, against the German Eva Lys.
Fiona Ferro (26 years old, 154th WTA) faced the Japanese Moyuka Uchijima (170th), and won in two sets (6-4, 6-1). “I thought I would be more relaxed than in the first round, but actually no. I’m happy, the job is done. I want to compete in the final draw, but I don’t plan. » To do this, it will be necessary to get rid of the Russian Polina Kudermetova, 186th in the world.
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The two other French representatives, Kyrian Jacquet and Jessika Ponchet, were eliminated. Jacquet was beaten by Hugo Gaston’s future opponent, Lloyd Harris (7-5, 6-4), and Ponchet lost to Rebecca Marino (6-7 [6]6-4, 6-2).
2024-01-11 08:35:05
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