Thanks to global solid production and despite the great stomach pain, UGO Humbert qualified on Wednesday evening for the quarter-finals of the Marseille ATP 250 by dominating Kazakh Alexander Bublom (7-6 (7), 6-4 in 1H33).
Therefore, French n ° 1 did not lose his good habits: he continues to drive very well when he plays at home and under the roof. By defeating Bublik (48th ATP) on the occasion of his entry to Marseille (where he was free from the first round in the quality deployed n ° 2), 17th world player won fifteen of the last sixteen games in which he played indoors in the interior of France . Four for his title in Metz in November 2023, four others who won the Marseille trophy a year ago, five others to reach the final of the last 1000 Champions in Paris-Bercy and one in Davis Cup, Orleans. Less than two weeks.
Two points to lose the first set
Humbert did not produce the poorest tennis we know for a few days for a few days, hitting several winning strokes during the first round, where after exchange of interruptions between 1-1 and 2- 2 servers logically LED Leu Barque to Barque to Barque. Tie without being pushed to 40a. The Frenchman was well inspired to tighten the game while led 5 points to 3. After 54 minutes of the game he sat with the first set in his pocket (9-7), on the second winning failure of the match and asked the cameraman who considered too close, When he sat to give him a little air.
In the middle of a second ensemble facing a bubbler who so often alternated spectacular sequences and those where he was a sponsor of the profession of his tactical sense, Humbert, who did not seem to see a doctor for a while. It was 4-3 for him. In 5-4, Bublik gave him the first match ball by hitting a double mistake, which was erased by placing the winning service. Then Kazach made the suspension and then again bounced off the end of the match with the es. But on the third match ball, the miracle admitted the return of the winning failure (7-6 (7), 6-4 in 1h33).
Sonego is
“Sorry, I was a bit sick and it was a little hard for me to moveHe explained the French on the microphone of the stadium, before it was later stated that he was a victim of diarrhea. I hope it will be better in two days. » Ugo Humbert has only one match to win to maintain another good habit because he reached the last square of all the release of the Marseille tournament in which he participated. The semi-finalist in 2019 and 2021, the winner in 2024, will face Friday, quarter, Italian Lorenzo Sonego (35th), who benefited on Wednesday from Luca Van Assche. Both men are 3-3 in their history, but Humbrt won two duels who had a hard time opposed them.
