Aurélie Sacchelli, Media365, published on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 10:14 p.m.
While he had just equalized at one set all against Cameron Norrie, Harold Mayot, injured in the right thigh, retired in the round of 16 in Barcelona.
A victory would have allowed him to get a little closer to the Top 100. But Harold Mayot was unable to complete his round of 16 in Barcelona. The Messin, from the qualifications, was opposed to the 31st world Cameron Norrie, and he had to give up when he had just equalized at a set everywhere: 7-6, 6-7 in 2h10. While he had his right thigh massaged and saved four match points in the second set, he preferred to throw in the towel after pocketing the set, undoubtedly preferring not to take any risks forty days from Roland- Garros, where he will have to go through qualifying or obtain an invitation to play in the tournament. Norrie won the first set in the tiebreaker (7-3) after missing four break points during the set. In the second, Mayot had a break in advance twice but was caught (1-1 then 3-3), and at 4-5, he had to save a match point on his serve. He finally pushed the Briton into a new tiebreaker, saved three more match points at 6-3 and finally won the tie-break 8-6. Before giving up. There are therefore four French people left in the running in Catalonia: Ugo Humbert, Arthur Fils, Luca Van Assche and Alexandre Muller.
Baez and Coric on the mat
Also note this Tuesday the qualification of the number 13 seed Tomas Etcheverry to the detriment of the Dominican Nick Hardt: 7-5, 6-2 in 1h44, losing his serve only once. On the other hand, the tournament is over for the No. 8 seed Sebastian Baez, who fell in three sets and 2h52 of play. The Italian, however, had a strange day in service: 11 aces, 9 double-faults, 6 balls break to defend, one saved. Borna Coric, seeded No. 15, also took the door. The Croatian was beaten by the Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta with a score of 6-2, 7-5 in 1h38, losing his serve four times, including at the worst moment, at 5-6 in the second set.
2024-04-16 20:14:00
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