Tennis | The boring efficiency of Arthur Fils – FFL

With the Olympic Video games beginning in every week, Artair Fils thought he could be motivated by performing his finest profession on clay. You possibly can think about it was a failure for us.

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For his semi-final on the ATP 500 match in Hamburg, Arthur Fils confronted Sebastian Baez (world quantity 19), a clay courtroom specialist. The Argentinian has additionally gained two tournaments on the floor this yr, making him the favourite for this assembly. However from the primary exchanges, we perceive instantly that the Frenchman goes to make Baez his sparring associate right this moment.

As the primary set passes (6-2), we hope for an Argentine revolution within the second set. However the worth remains to be the identical (6-2). In simply 1h05, Arthur Fils eradicated his opponent. And us on the similar time. This qualification for the ultimate of the ATP 500 match is without doubt one of the finest achievements within the younger profession of the Frenchman (20 years outdated), after the primary spherical of 16 in Grand Slam on the final Wimbledon. All is claimed.

Arthur Fils is the sixth under-21 participant to achieve a ultimate in Hamburg within the twenty first century 💎

🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal
🇨🇭 Roger Federer
🇫🇷 Richard Gasquet
🇪🇸 Carlos Alcaraz
🇮🇹 Lorenzo Musetti
🇫🇷 ARTHUR SONS 🆕pic.twitter.com/bMSnUg16y3

— College Tennis 🎾 (@UniversTenis) July 20, 2024

Worse nonetheless, this victory ensures that he might be ranked at the very least twenty third on the planet on the finish of the match, his finest profession rating. Revolt. And to come back full circle, that is the primary time {that a} French participant so younger has reached an ATP 500 or extra ultimate since 2005, and 18 years and 331 days of Richard Gasquet. Make a revolution twice.