Ugo Humbert will not play his first round at the Masters 1000 in Toronto. The Frenchman has forfeited and it is Terence Atmane who is drafted.
He had to start the day, but Ugo Humbert will not enter the Toronto courts. Exempted from the first round and opposed to the American Emilio Nava (114th) this Tuesday, Humbert, seeded 17 of the tournament, renounced. We do not know precisely the reasons for this package, but Ugo Humbert had given the Hamburg tournament in May because of a hand injury.
Returning to lawn, he lost in the first round of Wimbledon after five rounds played against his tricolor compatriot Gaël Monfils. One month before the start of the US Open, this package is worrying. His next meeting in Cincinnati (August 5-18) is not yet questioned.
Atmane beaten, repaceted but
This package benefits another French, namely Terence Atmane (23). The 132nd world player, which passed through the qualifications of the Toronto tournament, had lost to the Argentinian Facundo Bagnis, 35 and 689th in two sets (6-4, 6-4). Waiting for this news, Atmane is drafted in the main draw as the third Lucky-Loser, as mentioned by the club of TC Boulogne-sur-Mer where the French is dismissed. For the fourth time, Atmane will participate in a Masters 1000. It will be the first on North American soil.
We can say that his previous participations have successfully succeeded. The Frenchman had spent the first round in 2023 and 2024 in Shanghai. Also in 2024, he lost in the third round in Rome against Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov. Faced with the American Nava, the Breton will play his second duel against the 114th world after their first meeting in 2024 in qualifying for the Grand Chelem of Melbourne. The Frenchman had imposed himself in two sets.
As a reminder, three other French people will be on the courts this Tuesday. Giovanni Mpeshi Perricard will face Holger Rune (9th), Alexandre Muller will be opposed to Miomir Kecmanovic (50th) and Corentin Moutet to Jenson Brooksby (102nd).
