Coming to the end of Kei Nishikori, Ugo Humbert succeeded in the Masters 1000 of Indian Wells. At the same time, Quentin Halys took the best on Pablo Carreño-Busta and will face Carlos Alcaraz in the second round.
After his poor performance in Dubai, Ugo Humbert did not miss his entry into Indian Wells. Seed number 18 of the Masters 1000 Californian, the Habs won against Kei Nishikori. A meeting that the 19th world player started drums, taking the Japanese game service. After saving two Bangeak balls, he was able to confirm this advantage to lead three games to nothing. However, the 76th world had followed out in ideas. After doing his round back, he grabbed his luck in the seventh game to erase this delay service game and restart the suspense. But, when serving to stay in the set, Kei Nishikori cracked.
Finding a fault in the Japanese game, Ugo Humbert exploited it to get a set ball on opposing commitment and convert it immediately. The second round saw the servers take the ascendant, with a single point lost in service during the first four games. A sequence that ended with a complicated commitment to the Habs, which had to save two break balls. An alarm that was understood because, in the process, Ugo Humbert went to take the service of Kei Nishikori … who immediately replied to return to height. However, once again putting Japanese in difficulty, the Frenchman took his service a second time. The 19th world player was able to conclude the match on a last white game (6-4, 6-3 in 1h29 ‘). Holger Rune, seeded number 12, or his compatriot Corentin Moutet will be facing him in the third round.
Halys joins Alcaraz
On another short at Indian Wells, Quentin Halys obtained his ticket for the second round of the Masters 1000 disputed in California. Opposed to Pablo Carreño-Busta, from qualifications, the 59th world player struck hard, concluding a meeting started this Thursday. Indeed, the first break ball was converted between two commitments made without difficulty. The result was a score of three games for nothing that could have been even heavier. Quentin Halys missed two double break opportunities in stride. Consequently, the debates were somewhat balanced between the two players with the games that paraded. When hiring to seal the fate of this first round, the Habs absolutely did not tremble because it was on a white game that he turned in mind in this meeting. The scenario of the start of the second round was very close to that of the first. Indeed, Quentin Halys only needed a break ball from the very first game to take the service of his opponent.
Pablo Carreño-Busta tried to react, but success was not on the two Débreak bullets obtained in the fourth game. In the process, the Handbilland has raised the tone to take the service of his opponent a second time and lead four games to one. It was then that the match was interrupted this Thursday. The Spaniard was able to resume better than the Habs by erasing one of his two delay breaks. In total, three games in a row ended with the loss of service during this resumption of the game but that has not changed the situation. Finding his serenity, Quentin Halys put an end to the meeting from the first match ball on his service (6-3, 6-4 in 1h20 ‘). A success that opens the doors of a duel with Carlos Alcaraz, seeded number 2.
