A routine afternoon in Sweden
Ugo Humbert is still standing in Stockholm. The world No. 39 beat Croatian qualifier Borna Gojo 6-2, 6-4 in the second round of the ATP 250 event earlier today, and he is now the only Frenchman left in the draw.
The first set took less than half an hour and gave Gojo, ranked 134th, almost nothing to work with. The only wobble came in the fourth game of the second set, when Humbert dropped serve. He broke straight back, then took Gojo’s serve again in the ninth game to close it out.
It is a small run, but it matters for him. Humbert opened his week by beating Paraguay’s Adolfo Daniel Vallejo, the world No. 56, 6-4, 6-3 on Monday. Two wins in a row had not happened for him since June, when he reached the final on the grass at Eastbourne.
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Musetti waiting on Thursday
The reward is a Thursday night quarter-final against Lorenzo Musetti. The Italian, ranked 25th, had a bye through the first round and then brushed aside Britain’s Toby Samuel, the world No. 95, on Tuesday.
Humbert knows these courts well. He was the runner-up in Stockholm last year, and the indoor hard surface suits the flat, aggressive left-handed game that has carried him into the top 40.
His compatriots did not last long this week. Adrian Mannarino, Quentin Halys and Arthur Rinderknech all lost their opening matches on Tuesday, leaving the man from Metz to fly the flag alone.
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