In 2h44, Frenchman Hugo Gaston defeated Argentinian Mariano Navone to reach the quarter-finals of the Antwerp tournament.
The good series continues for the tricolor Hugo Gaston. At the ATP 250 in Antwerp, the Toulouse player put an end to a bad series of seven consecutive defeats. In the first round, the left-hander defeated Russian Alexey Vatutin (336th) with difficulty in three sets (3-6, 6-3, 6-3). The 77th player in the world found the Argentinian Mariano Navone in the second round. After two close first rounds, the two men were back to back. In the last set, neither player was able to get a break point. On their commitment, the French and the Argentinian made the difference. In the tie-break to decide between them, it was Hugo Gaston who came out on top. A victory in 2h48: 6-4, 6-7, 7-6.
The tricolor could find the number 1 seed of the tournament in the quarter. Australian Alex De Minaur faces Spaniard Carballes Baena to join Gaston.
