For his first match since his abandonment in the second round of Roland-Garros, Ugo Humbert won in two sets against Dan Evans in the round of 16 of the Gazon tournament of Si-Hétogenbosch.
On May 29, Ugo Humbert was forced to abandon the 2nd round of Roland-Garros against the British Fearley, victim of a right calf lesion. A new blow for the French tennis player, who had already played all season on clay with a splint in the right hand due to a fracture of a finger.
Fortunately, the medical examinations had proved to be reassuring, and this Thursday, the n ° 2 French and n ° 20 in the world was back on the court, on this surface in lawn that he loves so much, to if he willgenbosch in the Netherlands. Seeded n ° 2 and exempt from the first round, the Messin was opposed in the knockout stages to Dan Evans, the British 217th in the world and from qualifying.
And Ugo Humbert enforced the logic by winning 7-5, 6-3 in 1h40, for his third confrontation with Evans, the first on grass (1-1 before this match). The Frenchman started the meeting perfectly by breaking on his first opportunity at 1-0. He led up to 4-2, before losing his service, on a long game. But at the best time, at 6-5 in his favor, Humbert managed to break again, once again on his first opportunity, to pocket the first set.
Revenge against Borges?
In the second round, the Frenchman was still effective by breaking on his first opportunity at 2-1. In the process, he saved two blooming balls, then finally kept his lead to the end, concluding the match on a white game. So here he is in the quarterfinals, where the Portuguese Nuno Borges, n ° 38 in the world, expected it, which benefited from the finish package Otto Virtanen, injured in the knee.
Borges had beaten Humbert during their only confrontation on the ATP circuit in Montreal last summer. Semi-finalist last year on the Dutch lawn, Ugo Humbert will have Daniil Medvedev, Karen Khachanov, Alexei Popyrin or Hubert Hurkacz as more formidable opponents this week. Will he be able to win his second Gazon tournament after Halle 2021? In any case, it is perfectly launched!
