Ugo Humbert qualified for the round of 16 in Monte-Carlo

And a winning service to finish and send Ugo Humbert into the round of 16 of the Masters 1000 in Monte-Carlo, where Lorenzo Sonego, lucky loser of Félix Auger-Aliassime, is already waiting for him. Relegated to the anonymity of court 9, far from the big courts of Le Rocher, Humbert did not trail against Zhizhen Zhang this Wednesday (6-1, 6-4).

Quick break in the pocket, the French n°1 played in the first set. In the second, the start was more complicated with a Chinese who offered himself three break points to break away 3-1. But Humbert pushed them all aside and glued them back together. Patient on a surface which is not his favorite, he waited for the right opening to take his opponent’s service blank. When serving for the match, his arm did not shake.