A capital performance. On a cloud, Arthur Fils, 19 years old and 71st in the world, swept Casper Ruud, world number 4 and recent finalist at Roland-Garros, in the quarter-finals of the Hamburg tournament. A victory in two sets (6-0, 6-4) in just over an hour of play (1h17).
The Norwegian Ruud, seeded number 1 in the tournament, had to wait seven games before finally opening his counter. If the 2nd set was more balanced, Arthur Fils never seemed in danger. In total, he managed 35 winning shots including 25 forehand against 6 for his opponent. Numbers that speak volumes. Since the start of this Hamburg tournament, the young Frenchman, who beat Daniel Elahi Galan (7-5, 7-5) then Dusan Lajovic (7-5, 7-5) before humiliating Ruud, has been playing tennis dream and has not lost a set.
With this first victory of his career against a player from the World Top 10, the native of Bondoufle (Essonne), winner this year of the Lyon Open, his first title on the ATP circuit, has undoubtedly marked the spirits. In the first round of Roland-Garros, he lost to a sure bet on clay, the Spaniard Davidovich Fokina (6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3), seeded n° 29.
Arthur Fils will face this Saturday in the semi-final the German Alexander Zverev (n ° 19) who defeated (6-3, 6-4) another great hope of French tennis Luca Van Assche (19 years old), who reached for the first time this stage of the competition on an ATP 500 tournament.
2023-07-28 21:03:00
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