Barrère is reborn on Bucharest clay!

Le 19/04/2024 à 09h00 par Guillaume Nonque

Grégoire Barrère seems to be coming back to life on the clay courts of Bucharest. After a very difficult start to the 2024 season (only one win on the ATP Tour before this week), the 30-year-old Frenchman dominated Sebastian Korda on Friday to reach the quarter-finals.

Barrère won in 1h15 and two sets (6-4, 6-4) in a match featuring multiple breaks (10 in 20 games played). Having dropped to 128th in the world rankings, and thus bypassed the qualifiers, he has now won his 4th match on Romanian clay. He hadn't achieved such a series on any circuit since winning the Quimper Challenger in January 2023.

For a place in the semi-finals, the Frenchman will face the winner of the duel between Miomir Kecmanovic and Pedro Martinez.

Korda, Sebastian [3]

4

Barrere, Gregoire [Q]

6

Barrere, Gregoire [Q]

7

6

Kokkinakis, Thanasi

5

3

Barrere, Gregoire [2]

6

7

Pouille, Lucas [WC]

4

5

Barrere, Gregoire [2]

6

Ionel, Nicholas David

4

3

Kecmanovic, Miomir

6

3

Martinez, Pedro [8]

7

3

6

Gregoire Barrere

359e, 139 points

Sebastian Korda

63e, 910 points

Miomir Kecmanovic

47e, 1086 points

Pedro Martinez

73e, 833 points

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