the essentials The 25-year-old Frenchman suffered but won against the Pole Hubert Hurkacz, during the Dubai Open, this Thursday, February 29. In the semi-final, he will face Daniil Medvedev, current world number 4.
“I went through lots of states,” Frenchman Ugo Humbert told The team after his spectacular quarter-final against Hubert Hurkacz, world number 8. Humbert finally won in 3 sets (3-6, 7-6 [10-8]6-3).
We understand: Messin was very close to elimination during the tie-break of the second set. But he pulled away to save 3 match points, win the tie-break 10-8, and continue to exist in this match.
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Ugo Humbert faced Hurkacz for the third time this season. While he beat him in the semi-final of the Marseille Open, the Frenchman was outplayed at the start of the match. He failed to win on the Pole’s throws, and quickly conceded the break. The native of Wroclaw won this first set 6-3, without difficulty.
But Ugo Humbert motivated himself, by talking to himself: “Come on, let’s go, get moving, get involved, increase the intensity. Come on man!”. Messin broke quickly to lead 3 games to 1, but he was immediately broken by the world number 8. More comfortable in this second set, the Frenchman was forced to get rid of his opponent in the tie-break.
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This is where things went wrong: the Frenchman was forced to save 3 match points to finally conclude the tie-break in his favor. A tie-break which had an unusual moment, where the Pole tripped on the rest bench after a rescue attempt.
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— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) February 29, 2024
It was after this moment of fear that the 25-year-old unfolded. Thanks to a break followed by a shutout on his serve, he quickly led 3-1 in the last set, and even concluded the match on the Pole’s serve.
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Coming from nowhere, Ugo Humbert will face the Russian Daniil Medvedev in the semi-final, easy winner of the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in two sets (6-2 and 6-3). At 28 years old, the Muscovite has already won 21 tournaments. The Frenchman will try to continue his good momentum, he who had authoritatively eliminated the Briton Andy Murray in the round of 16 (6-2 and 6-4).
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Always for The teamthe Frenchman approached this match enthusiastically: “I think I need to recover well for tomorrow’s battle because he’s going to make me hit a lot of balls. But I’m happy, it’s going to be a big match , a great challenge, nothing more.”
The semi-final will start this Friday March 1, at 4 p.m. French time.
2024-02-29 22:01:00
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