Humbert outclasses Van de Zandschulp to reach third round in Madrid

le 26/04/2024 à 18h35

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Over time, Ugo Humbert has learned to tame clay. Very shaky on the surface in his early years, the Frenchman is winning more and more. Winner of two challenger titles on ochre in 2023, the world No. 15 continues his rise to prominence.

After an excellent tournament in Monte Carlo (beaten in the quarter-finals by Casper Ruud), the French No.1 got his Madrid tournament off to a perfect start. Facing Bottic Van de Zandschulp, the Messinian made life easy for himself. Winning in just 1h18 of play, he took full advantage of his opponent's inaccuracies to qualify for the rest of the tournament (6-3, 6-3).

In the third round, he will face the winner of the duel between Jaume Munar and Jan-Lennard Struff. A match that promises to be far more difficult.

With an excellent clay-court win ratio since 2023 (over 70%), could Humbert be the man to make the French public dream at Roland-Garros?

Humbert Ugo

37e, 1380 points

Van de Zandschulp Botic

77e, 756 points

Humbert U • 13

Van de Zandschulp B

6

3

Struff Jan-Lennard

84e, 711 points

Munar Jaume

36e, 1395 points

Munar J

Struff J • 23

1

5

6

7

12e, 2835 points

Humbert U • 14

Ruud C • 8

3

6

1

6

4

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Let's make that wish for all 2000 plus players hoping for 5 wins each day. Hoping ŵhen we open the results page to see all green, and no red. And especially NO CANCELED matches.

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why did tennis tonic void predictions on the match between Chwalinska and Huergo at the Quito tournament? The match was played to completion and on time. If TT feels the match is one sided, and of course it was, then don't put it up for prediction. This is getting irritating.

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The finals are here, and we scramble for the best finish. I've been chasing "King" all year and I was able to shrink the spread a little. Skelp is also closing the gap.

Seasons best to all the regulars in our league.

Will you all be back in the new year.?

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Steffi Graf completed a Golden Slam (not just a career Grand Slam) when she was 19. She is the only person to accomplish that, winning the four majors plus Olympic gold the same calendar year.

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