Titouan Droguet and Terence Atmane both crossed the first round of the Umag clay tournament in Croatia.
Three French people are present this week in the main draw of the ATP 250 on clay of Umag, in Croatia. And they will be two in the round of 16. If Pierre-Hugues Herbert fell from the start, Terence Atmane and Titouan Drugoget, however, crossed the first round. Atmane, 136th in the world at 23, who remained on three losses in a row, managed to eliminate a little little classified player, Dusan Lajovic (129th, former 23rd), which he faced for the first time, on the score of 6-3, 6-4 in 1:25. The northerner has notably been able to rely on his service, with 5 aces on the clock and a single break conceded. In the first set, the two players perfectly resulted in play, up to 4-3 for Atmane, who broke on a white game.
The Frenchman then had a lot of trouble serving for the saving of the Channel, saving two bales of Débreak before winning on his fifth set ball. In the second round, Lajovic succeeded in his first break in the match to lead 3-1. But the Frenchman woke up and won four following games, before concluding 5-4 on his second match ball. In the next round, he will face the Spanish qualified Pablo Llamas Ruiz (537th), who created the sensation by leaving the head of 8, Kamil Majchrzak, on the 6-2, 6-4 score.
Solid drug
Titouan Droguet, 176th in the world at 24, crossed the qualifications this weekend and challenged the Chilean Cristian Garin, 118th in the world but former 17th. And the Ile-de-France continued his momentum by winning 6-3, 6-3 in 1h13, without ever losing his service. Drugs saved two break balls at 1-1, and it was he who succeeded in the break on the next game and was able to keep his lead to the end (6-3). In the second round, drugstore a breaké from the start on a white game and the games then paraded on both sides, up to 5-3 in favor of the French, which won on its fourth match ball.
Next opponent: the Czech lives Kopriva, 79th in the world. Also note this Monday on Croatian land the qualification of the seeded n ° 5 Mariano Navone (6-1, 6-2 against Tomas Barrios Vera) and the elimination of the seeded n ° 6 Roberto Carballes Baena (6-3, 6-4 against Nikoloz Basilashvili).
