Frustrated by his loss in the first round of the US Open to Albert Ramos – by having obtained two match points – Lucas Pouille returns to combat at the lower echelon. The Frenchman, 133rd in the world, will line up for the week at the Challenger de Cassis, whose defending champion is Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He also wants to follow the example of his elder who had taken advantage, in 2019, of these “small” tournaments to regain confidence. Seeded n ° 5, the Northerner will face the Portuguese in the first round Joao Sousa. “It’s not going as fast as I hope but I keep my head up, I keep the desire and the determination and I will give everything to be a painting in Australia“, he said at a press conference in New York.
Lucas Pouille after his loss in the 1st round of the US Open
Benjamin Bonzi for the double
If he digested his success in Saint-Tropez well, Benjamin Bonzi (n ° 1) seems quite capable of signing a superb Mediterranean double. He will have the opportunity to explode his best ranking. First round for the Gardois against the Italian Thomas Fabbiano. Another tricolor will be seeded: Gregoire Barrère. Beaten in quarter at Saint-Trop ‘by Thanasi Kokkinakis, the Val-de-Marnais recently treated a tear in the calf. Beneficiary of one of the three wild cards, Clement Chidekh must face Chris O’Connell (n ° 2). But the Australian, who abandoned this Sunday in the final in Saint-Tropez, will perhaps give up …
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