UTS Hong Kong: Gasquet and Mannarino eliminated in quarterfinals

The UTS Hong Kong is currently taking place. For the occasion, Richard Gasquet, who ended his professional career after Roland-Garros, came out of retirement for the second time.

The player from Béziers had already competed in the Hopman Cup with Chloé Paquet during the summer, and the 39-year-old man replaced Jakub Mensik, who was injured in the knee in Shanghai, for this event. Playing under the nickname "The Virtuoso," the Frenchman was nevertheless defeated in the quarterfinals by Shang Juncheng (12-15, 18-10, 17-12, 13-11). The Chinese player thus advances to the final four.

Another French player in the competition, Adrian Mannarino. "Manna" was eliminated by Francisco Cerundolo in sudden death, despite leading two quarters to zero (9-16, 8-16, 16-13, 11-10, 2-1).

As a reminder, in the event of a decisive fifth quarter, the first player to win two consecutive points takes the match. Thus, the four semifinalists are known: Shang Juncheng, Francisco Cerundolo, Andrey Rublev, and Jenson Brooksby, and they will compete for the title on Wednesday.

Brooksby, who replaced De Minaur at the last minute and defeated Zhang Zhizhen, will face Shang, while Cerundolo and Rublev (who defeated Coleman Wong) will compete for the second spot in the final, which will take place immediately after the ranking matches.