A quarter finalist at the Queen’s last week, Arthur Rinderknech chained with a first round victory in Mallorca, but he had to fight for 2:32 against Damir Dzumhur.
After an eighth final in Stuttgart and a quarter-final at the Queen’s by being Lucky-Loser, Arthur Rinderknech takes advantage of his good shape to chain the Wimbledon before Wimbledon matches, and this Monday entered the lawn of Mallorca. It went well for the world n ° 70, which won his meeting against Damir Dhumzur (who had taken a set in Carlos Alcaraz during the last Roland-Garros), after a battle of 2:32. The Frenchman won 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 against the Bosnian, which he faced for the third time (1-1 before this match).
Arthur Rinderknech was irregular in the service (9 aces, 9 double-fautes) and lost twice his putting into play, but he ended up having the last word. The match started well for the French who, after a very long first game, broke his opponent. And he didn’t give him the slightest opportunity to pick up the scoring. The second set knew the opposite scenario, since none of the two players obtained a break ball, up to 5-4 in favor of Dzumhur, who converted his first opportunity and was able to equalize to a round everywhere.
A good test in the knockout stages
It is therefore a third set that decreased the two players, and the French scared 2-1 when he had to defend four break balls. But he saved them and finally succeeded in the break at 3-3. Rinderknech then served for the match at 5-4 but lost his service at the worst moment, before rebreaker on the next game, and conclude at 6-5 on his first match ball. The world n ° 70 will challenge in the round of 16 Felix Auger-Aliassime, 27th, for the first time in his career. The Canadian is capable of the best (two ATP 250 tournaments, a final in ATP 500) as the worst this season (only one big slam victory and only one in Masters 1000). What face will he show on the Majorquin lawn?
