Humbert laughs again in New York

He was looking for confidence as he had only two narrow victories in his last four tournaments before arriving in New York on the courts of Flushing Meadows. Furthermore, the US Open is an unsuccessful Grand Slam for him as he has not gone past the first round in the last three editions. It is now behind him. This Monday at the beginning of local time in the afternoon, Ugo Humbert returned to success in the Big Apple with a very clean victory, in three sets (6-3, 6-4, 6-4) over the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro in 2h15.

During this first round, the Frenchman found his tennis again even if, it must be said, there are still things to improve. As we mentioned, the No. 1 seed won. Messin also needs to correct what he started in the second round as he did this past Monday. Trailing 0-3 and then 1-4, Ugo Humbert managed to take advantage of generous Monteiro to climb back little by little until he punished at the end of the set.

Second round against Comesana

In the third set, the Lorraine immediately took the Brazilian’s serve as he confirmed his break in an effort to steer his boat smoothly and seal this match in three short sets. As a result of this confident success against an opponent not as good as himself, Ugo Humbert passes the first round and at the same time, a psychological milestone here in the Grand Slam This American. In the second round, he will face Francisco Comesana (ARG, No. 108). Meanwhile, Ben Shelton (USA, No. 13) and Alexander Zverev (ALL, No. 4) qualified for the rest by defeating Dominic Thiem (AUT, WC) and Maximilian Marterer ( ALL, No. 100) respectively. In addition, the Austrian, who said he would end his career at the end of the season, played his last Major.

More results to come throughout the evening…