ATP Miami: Ugo Humbert overcomes Aljaz Bedene (6-3, 3-6, 6-3) and advances to the 2nd round – Eurosport FR

That should do him good. Since a promising but short-lived success for his first match of the year at the ATP Cup against Daniil Medvedev, Ugo Humbert had not won on the circuit. But after six defeats, he found his way to success on Thursday for his entry into the running in Miami. At the end of a disjointed match against Aljaz Bedene, who fell to 141st place in the world and also lacked benchmarks, the Messin had the last word in three sets (6-3, 3-6, 6-3) and 1h55 In the 2nd round, the challenge looks harder to meet against Aslan Karatsev, even if the Russian does not exude confidence at the moment. He is still far from his best level, but Ugo Humbert had the merit of not giving up, even though he lost the thread of his match twice. Logically in front after a solid first set, the Messin went wrong at the start of the second act, conceding a break that he could not recover. Once the two men tied for a round everywhere, he took things in hand (4-2), before seeing his opponent unbreak him. But determined despite the windy conditions, he returned to the intensity in his shots to snatch the last two games of the game and express a joy as intense as his relief. Still messy, Humbert has found some bite, especially on serve (10 aces), and it’s an interesting first step to get back on track. At 2 HEURESTsonga beaten to wear A few hours later, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in turn appeared on the court. Thanks to his protected ranking (he could not enter directly without using it since he is currently 225th in the world), the 36-year-old Manceau was playing his first major Masters 1000 draw in more than two years and the 2019 edition of Paris- Bercy. And he didn’t miss much to win. Faced with the Australian Jordan Thompson, 78th in the world, he ended up giving up his arms in three sets (6-7, 6-4, 6-4) and 2h38 of battle. Faced with his physical limits, Tsonga did not couldn’t always engage in his strikes as he would have liked. And the longer the exchanges lengthened, the more he was in difficulty. Inspired in the tie-break of the first set, he unfortunately could not hold this intensity from the first to the last point and committed far too many faults (45 for 29 winning shots) to get by against the opposing consistency. The fact remains that the Frenchman gave everything until the end, opting at the end of the match for a more offensive strategy and a few return volleys. In the wind, his percentage of first serves was not high enough (56%) for him to be able to protect himself more on his commitments, even if he saved 10 break points out of 13 in all. At 5-4 against him in the final act, even as Thompson served for the match, Tsonga committed like never before to the raise, getting a chance to come back. He believed in it until the end, but the Australian robbed him of all hope by lining up high-quality serves. new “Big 3” in bad shape, we can see it blurry in Florida22/03/2022 At 22:59