Annoyed at having been scheduled on court no. 1 on Wednesday, during his second round against Marcos Giron, the leader of the Blues will face Carlos Alcaraz in the round of 16 on Central, obviously.
Quickly done, well done. The French number one outclassed qualifier Marcos Giron (6-3, 6-2) in 59 minutes and 35 seconds. A show of force. “It was a very good match on my part. The court was smaller, a little faster. As soon as I returned, I felt that on my serve, I was ultra aggressive. I didn’t give him time to play. I continued to push from the start of the second, he started to give up. And Messin sent a small tackle to the organization. “I am French number 1. I deserved to play at the Bercy center. I’ve been waiting for this since the beginning of the year. It’s my favorite tournament. I was obviously disappointed with the programming and a little surprised. Afterwards, I deserved my next match. I had no choice. I said to myself, it’s often like that, I’m a nice person. So, sometimes, it is used a little against me. I am very happy to have won this match to deserve my match against Alcaraz in the central.
See you on Thursday for a gala quarter. And a revenge of the round of 16 lost by the Lorraine against the world number 2. “The match was fabulous. In two sets, I watched him play. There were 7 set points in the second where I was a little too wait-and-see. In the third, I started to let go, to play my luck to the fullest. I felt he was wavering. In the fourth, he did very well. There was a 4-3, 0-40. I was close to pushing him to fifth. Afterwards, we played in Spain at his house. He had a great match. He said he had almost the best match of the year. It’s going to be completely different. I’m going to have the audience behind me. This is the kind of match I love to play. When I knew that potentially I could play him, it motivated me to win my first two matches.
