The menu of the day from Tuesday to Rotterdam is particularly enticing. The Franco-French duel went to the hands of Jérémy Chardy. Other very ambitious players like Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev and Alex De Minaur are here. The last two also started off perfectly, winning in two races. As for Adrian Mannarino, he took the door on Tuesday, beaten by Hubert Hurkacz. In the main game of the day, Stan Wawrinka was tamed by Karen Khachanov.
Jérémy Chardy on the Monfils case: “It had to come out”
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Chardy defeats Humbert, Mannarino gets stuck
First time crusadersOpen d’Australie in 2019 with a victory of Jeremy Chardy in the tie-break of the 5th round, their second confrontation was again quite crazy. After serving to win the match at 5-4 in the second set, Ugo Humbert was eventually pushed into a third set. But again in the service for the victory, the Lorrain has once again cracked, missing in stride two match points on the service of his opponent. Fighting to the end, Chardy sent the two players into a decisive tie-break, which he won after almost 3 hours of play (4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)). The Palois does not have the arm that trembles in the money time. He saved two match points against Jan-Lennard Struff in Antalya, then five in front of Marin Cilic at the Murray River Open. Or a total of nine!
For the Lorrainer, it’s a “nightmare” when you think of his two unconverted match points against Nick kyrgios at the Australian Open. If we go back even further, there is this game lost by nothing to Milos Raonic in Bercy.
What an eye-opening (double) comeback from @jimchardy! dŸ¤¯
In the decider on Court1⃣, the qualifier repeats his second set trick and comes back from another break down to defeat countryman Ugo Humbert.🪄
He survived a couple of match points in the process: 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(4).�? pic.twitter.com/lITDJGymY8
– ABN AMRO WTT (@abnamrowtt) March 2, 2021
Beaten sharply in the 2nd round at Singapore by Radu Albot last week, Adrian Mannarino returned to Europe and wanted to bounce back on Tuesday against Hubert Hurkacz. The Pole is not in the shape of his life since he remained on three defeats in a row but he still managed to get rid of the French 6-3, 7-6 (6). The Frenchman may have some remorse because he had the first break in his pocket in the first set and he was leading 4-1 in the second set. “Manna” even missed 2 set points at 5-4. Pity…
A beautiful bit of behind-the-back brilliance for your timeline �?@AdrianMannarino #abnamrowtt pic.twitter.com/6N6ieYRRoc
– Tennis TV (@TennisTV) March 2, 2021
Rublev assures, Wawrinka falls against Khachanov, Tsitsipas has tightened the game
Placed at the bottom of the table, Stefanos Tsitsipas (n ° 2), semi-finalist of theOpen d’Australie will open this Tuesday in the night session in front of Egor Gerasimov, admitted in the table as special exempt. The least we can say is that his victory is narrow even if he did not drop a set. It took 2 hours and two sets won 7-6 (4), 7-5, for the Greek to extinguish the hopes of the Belarusian, in the form of his life after his semi-final in Montpellier. The world n ° 6 has in his half of the table Andrey Rublev (n ° 4), who started his tournament very well against the American Marcos Giron, out of qualifying. The Russian was serious and won 7-6 (1), 6-3. This is his 16th victory in a row in the ATP 500. Impressive. Note also the great victory ofAlex De Minaur on John Millman, 6-1, 6-4.
Grinding out the W �’�@steftsitsipas gets it done with a 7-6(4), 7-5 victory over Gerasimov. pic.twitter.com/X0SMpIw0gw
— ATP Tour (@atptour) March 2, 2021
Sweet Sixteen 😊
Andrey Rublev notches his 16th straight win at ATP 500 level, beating Giron 7-6 6-3 in Rotterdam #abnamrowtt pic.twitter.com/KABQQyHxHh
– Tennis TV (@TennisTV) March 2, 2021
A shock stood out in the posters of the first round: the one that opposed Stan Wawrinka (n ° 8) à Karen Khachanov ! Defeated respectively in the 2nd round and 3rd round at Melbourne, the two men were vengeful. In 1h32, the Russian got the better of the Vaudois 6-4, 7-5. Solid in service, Khachanov was able to dismiss the 3 break points he defended and broke once per round to win a nice victory. Stan will have to wait for a benchmark victory in 2021.
Khach him if you can ⚡�’�@karenkhachanov beats 2015 champion and 2019 finalist Wawrinka in straight sets 6-4 7-5 to advance in Rotterdam#abnamrowtt pic.twitter.com/bDNJ0fEeFB
– Tennis TV (@TennisTV) March 2, 2021
Tuesday’s program in Rotterdam:
Centre Court
From 11 a.m.
Alex De Minaur (AUS) – John Millman (AUS) 6-1, 6-4
[4] Andrey Rublev (RUS) – [Q] Marcos Giron (USA) 7-6 (1), 6-3
Karen Khachanov (RUS) – [8] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 6-4, 7-5
From 7:30 p.m.
[2] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) – [SE] Egor Gerasimov (BLR) 7-6, 7-5
Borna Coric (CRO) – [WC] Botic Van De Zandschulp (NED)
Court 1
From 11 a.m.
Hubert Hurkacz (POL) – Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 6-3, 7-6(6)
[Q] Remy Chardy (FRA) – Ugo Humbert (FRA) 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4)
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