Despite the elimination of Arthur Fils by Ben Shelton in the other semi-final a little earlier this Saturday, there will be a Frenchman in the final of the ATP 500 in Basel, thanks to the victory in the semi-finals of Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (50th in the world) this Saturday against Holger Rune (7-6 [6]6-4). To qualify for his second final on the circuit after Lyon last May, this time in the ATP 500 category, the 21-year-old Lyonnais worked well on the file: “How to frustrate your opponent as much as possible? »
In a rather bland first set, Holger Rune (14th) had only lost three points on his engagement until obtaining a set point at 6-5 for him in the tie-break. The Frenchman saved her with a winning serve, then followed up with another to in turn obtain a first set ball which the Dane offered him on… a double fault for a first point lost on the second ball.
