Present in the main draw in Washington thanks to the package of Holger Rune, Corentin Moutet eliminated Alexandre Müller when he entered the 2nd round and is therefore the last French in the running in the tournament.
Seeded number 1 during qualifications and Beaten in the last round on July 20 by the Chinese Yibing Wu (6-4, 4-6, 4-6), Corentin Moutet then probably did not think of being three days later the last French representative in the running at Washington. However, after being drafted following the Package of Holger Rune, the 59th world was initially exempt from the 1st round because the Danish was the seeded number 3 of this ATP 500.
It was therefore in the 2nd round that the Ile -de -France entered the lead in the main draw, on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday.
Opposed to Alexandre Müller, Moutet won very clearly in two sets (6-0, 6-1) and 58 minutes of play.
During the first round, folded in no time, the 39th world experienced a real ordeal, he who scored only 12 points (out of 38). Unrecognizable, the latter therefore took a scathing 6-0.
Moutet will now challenge Evans
Subsequently, the match physiognomy has not really changed and
It was not until 6-0, 4-0 to see Müller register his first game of the meeting on a station wagon. But, in the process, Moutet took over the service of his opponent, before concluding on a white game. As a result, the Lucky-Loser logically qualified for the 3rd round in Washington.
While returning from afar in this tournament, The 59th world will now face the British Dan Evans (144th in the world), who created the surprise by leaving the American Alex Michelsen (34th in the world) in two rounds (6-4, 6-4). Finally, note that in the other meeting on the program last night, Ben Shelton dominated Mackenzie McDonald (95th in the world) in two sets (6-3, 6-4) and 1h16 of play. In the 3rd round, the American, seeded number 4 of the tournament, will be opposed to the Canadian Gabriel Diallo (35th in the world), Fabian Marozsan (6-3, 6-4).
