Frequent Lestienne will participate in the 2nd qualifying spherical of the US Open this Thursday. Three days prior to the title in Vancouver, Amiens adopted accommodate properly, getting rid of an Italian in the first spherical (6-3 6-1).
He wears a costume he is not seriously made use of to: that of a favorite. Continuous Lestienne is the No. 1 seed qualifying for the US Open, in the wake of past Sunday’s victory at the Challenger event in Vancouver, synonymous with a new leap that pushed him to 75th location in the ATP ranking ! And the Amiens participant has introduced his new position with authority, underneath the sunshine this Wednesday in New York. He bluntly turned down his first opponent on the long way to the closing desk, the Italian Andrea Vavassori (6-3 6-1).
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He who is – from afar – the maximum rated of 128 gamers fast paced in qualifying for the past Grand Slam tournament of the season, he of course digested the 6th title of his career properly. The Samarian did not have to attract on his reserves, investing a very little around an hour at Flushing Meadows courtroom to get rid of a expert opponentadditional accustomed to clay, but which has just arrived at its very best ranking (175th).
A Franco-French shock
Having 6 instances (out of ten break factors) the serve of a player he experienced never faced, Regular Lestienne was additional and much more solid in the program of a match that he knew how to shorten, to “take it easy” in the 2nd spherical. Which is a good point when you know Amiens will perform again this Thursday … this time against a different Frenchman: Geoffrey Blancaneaux150th in the environment, but also extremely shut to its very best ranking.
Frequent Lestienne by no means fulfilled the winner Roland-Garros juniores 6 yrs in the past and who, not like him, has by now tasted the Grand Slam remaining table twice. In distinct throughout the final Roland-Garros, exactly where he had Geoffrey Blancaneaux stripped of qualifications. The twin, programmed in 4th rotation (matches start off at 17:00 French time), it guarantees to be tough.
We also recall from this initially of a few qualifying rounds in New York that one more 9 Tricolor emerged victorious, together with three in the women’s attract: Chloe Paquet, Clara Burel and Leolia Jeanjean. Less fortunate was the young Parisian Selena Janicijevic, eradicated this Wednesday evening immediately after a 3-hour standstill by the Spanish Rebeka Masarova, a participant who gained the ITF of the AAC in 2019 and who, past yr, managed to pull out these exact same skills. This is all the pleasure we can desire Continuous Lestienne.
Vincenzo Delorme
Image credit score: DR and screenshots Twitter C. Lestienne
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