Lucas Pouille

[Barty]

#2) Budapeszt 2017


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R1 wolna runda
R2 Jiri Vesely (CZE) 6/3 4/6 7/6(4)
QF Martin Klizan (SVK) 6/4 6/3
SF [6] Paolo Lorenzi (BEL) 6/2 7/5
W Aljaz Bedene (GBR) 6/3 6/1

[DUN I LOVE]

Na dużym farcie na razie ten najwyższy ranking.
Liczę na bezkontuzjowy okres z większą liczbą porządnych występów i pokonanych czołowych zawodników.

Miał swoje problemy na początku sezonu, ale zdaje się doszedł już do siebie.

[Barty]

Zgadza się, korzysta z niewysokiego poziomu zaplecza, już tylko 230 punktów dzieli go od top10, w Race jest 12.

[Damian]

Pouille Storms To Budapest Title

Spoiler:

Top seed flawless against Bedene
Lucas Pouille didn’t put a foot wrong on Sunday at the Gazprom Hungarian Open in Budapest, storming through the final with a 6-3, 6-1 win over qualifier Aljaz Bedene.
The victory gives Pouille his second ATP World Tour title, with the Frenchman’s maiden trophy coming last year on home soil in Metz. Pouille improves his FedEx ATP Head2Head against Bedene to 2-0, including a victory this February in Marseille en route to the final (l. Tsonga). He has been in fine form on this clay this season and also reached the semi-finals last week at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters.
"I feel very happy with the way I started the clay season. To win here gives me a lot of confidence for the future. It's been a great week and it was nice to see the French supporters in the crowd,” said Pouille. “My goal for the next few tournaments is to be at 200 per cent of my capacity, so I will do everything I can to be ready."
Pouille was in danger of not even winning his opening match in Budapest, saving two match points against Jiri Vesely before prevailing in a third-set tie-break. He continued to round into form as the tournament progressed, looking especially impressive in Saturday’s semi-final win over sixth seed Paolo Lorenzi before his dominant performance today.
Bedene’s win streak ends at 16 matches, which included two ATP Challenger Tour titles this month in Sophia Antipolis and Barletta, and six wins this week as he raced through qualifying to the championship match. He drops to 0-2 in ATP World Tour finals, with his last runner-up finish coming in Chennai in January 2015 (l. Wawrinka).
"I'm a little disappointed because I had problems with my finger and felt uncomfortable hitting my shots. I wasn't close to the level I should be at to beat Lucas, but he was playing really well. It was like everything went in for him,” said Bedene. “If I'm going to lose to anyone, it should be against someone who is a good player and a good person, which Lucas is."
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The Frenchman started the match in dominant fashion by immediately breaking Bedene to race to a 3-0 lead. Bedene fought off three set points on his serve at 2-5, but Pouille comfortably held in the next game to take the opening set. It continued to be one-way traffic for the top seed in the second set, who won six consecutive games to wrap up the contest in 64 minutes.
Pouille picks up 250 Emirates ATP Rankings points and a cheque for € 85,945. Bedene leaves with 150 Emirates ATP Rankings Points and a cheque for € 45,265.

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[Damian]

08.05.2017

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 13

[Lucas]

[Del Fed]

Pouille Ousts Countryman To Reach Stuttgart Final

Lucas Pouille will play in his third ATP World Tour final of the season on Sunday after ousting countryman Benoit Paire 7-6(5), 7-5 during the MercedesCup semi-finals in Stuttgart on Saturday. The 23-year-old Pouille hit 13 aces and saved both break points to advance to his fifth ATP World Tour final.

“I played great. I think it was a very tough match,” Pouille said. “In the important points, I was very, very solid.”

He is 2-2 in title matches for his career and 1-1 this season. Pouille beat Brit Aljaz Bedene on clay in April to win the inaugural Gazprom Hungarian Open in Budapest. The Frenchman fell to countryman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during the Open 13 Marseille title match in Metz in February.

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[Lucas]

Pouille Aces Way To Second Title Of Season In Stuttgart

Spoiler:

Frenchman Lucas Pouille hit 29 aces to win his second title of the season on Sunday, coming back to beat Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 at the MercedesCup in Stuttgart. Pouille has now won three titles and improves to 3-2 in ATP World Tour finals.
The 23-year-old right-hander also won the inaugural Gazprom Hungarian Open on clay in April. Last September, Pouille won his maiden title at the Moselle Open in Metz.
“I think I took a little bit more of the opportunities than him. He had some break points and didn't make them, and I had only one or two and I made them. So I think that made the difference,” Pouille said.

The MercedesCup final was his first grass-court title match but Pouille was ready for the occasion. Lopez broke him in the first set to take the opener but Pouille responded, saving all four break points in the second set and eking out the tie-break to even the final.
At 2-2 in the third set, after one hour and 43 minutes, Pouille saw his first break point and converted when Lopez netted a forehand. Serving for the match, the Frenchman struck his 29th ace to win his first grass-court title.

Pouille, who accepted a late wild card into the event, was nearly out of the tournament in his opening match. He had to save a match point against German Jan-Lennard Struff in the second round.
Perhaps that – saving a match point early in the tournament – is key to Pouille winning titles this season. In Budapest, he saved two match points in his opener against Czech Jiri Vesely. Pouille will receive 250 Emirates ATP Rankings points and €112,460 in prize money.
“Of course if you win the first tournament of the grass season you're very confident, but I know that every week is different and every player is tough to beat. I will need to focus again for next week and be ready to play my first round in Halle,” Pouille said.
The 35-year-old Lopez was trying to win his third grass-court title. The Spaniard falls to 5-11 in title matches and 2-2 in grass-court finals. Lopez's previous grass-court crowns came in 2013-14 Eastbourne.
“It was a very good week for me overall. It’s tough for me to be happy after such a close match, but he deserved the win today,” Lopez said. “I’ve been very loyal to this tournament. I grew up watching all my friends win this tournament, but everyone here has made it even better than it was in the past.”
The left-hander was going for his first title since last July in Gstaad. He will receive 150 Emirates ATP Rankings points and €59,230.

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[Lucas]

[Barty]

#3) Stuttgart 2017


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R1 wolna runda
R2 Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(8)
QF Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 6-4 2-6 6-3
SF Benoit Paire (FRA) 76(5) 75
W Feliciano López (ESP) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4

[Damian]

[Barty]

Puj ma w tym roku bilans tie-breaków 12-3, w tym 4-0 w Stuttgarcie.
Dla porównania jego finałowy rywal w Niemczech, Feliciano Lopez ma 5-8, w tym 1-4 w Stuttgarcie.

Z innych spraw w finałowym meczu Łukasz zaserwował 29 asów (zapewne jego rekord karierowy). Międzysezonowa praca nad podaniem zaczyna przynosić rezultaty.

Widać, że gość wykorzystuje powoli coraz bardziej te możliwości, które posiada, mając przy tym oczywiscie trochę szczęścia, jak w pojedynku ze Struffem.

[DUN I LOVE]

Kurniki na każdej nawierzchni odhaczone.

[Mario]

Pouille wygrywając Budapeszt grał tiebreaka w deciderze z Veselym (mógł wygrać, mógł przegrać), robiąc SF w Monte Carlo mógł polecieć z Cuevasem, którym serwował mu na mecz, tutaj obronił meczową z serii jedna na milion.

Nic facetowi nie odbieram, tak tylko ostrzegam po raz kolejny (i chyba ostatni, bo już mi się nie chce), że tu chyba nie warto liczyć na coś dużego, skoro typ może polecieć na początku praktycznie każdego turnieju w którym gra (nawet to US Open to meczowe Chiudinelliego).

[DUN I LOVE]

Teoretycznie. "Potężna" konkurencja w kolejnych latach (raczej poziom w górę nie pójdzie, wręcz przeciwnie) może stworzy mu na coś okazję.

[Mario]

Ale on idzie na noże z tą potężną konkurencją. Te kilka razy do roku los się do niego uśmiechnie i pójdzie gdzieś w dalsze rejony turniejów, choć biorąc pod uwagę jak radzi sobie z naprawdę poważnymi tenisistami (a taki gdzieś zawsze się trafi), to tam przepadnie.

Fajny grajek, ładnie gra, waleczny, z głową na karku, ale trochę brakuje jakości w tym jego tenisie. Nie przez przypadek odbija się od Murraya jak od ściany.

[Barty]

Mario, ja się zgadzam praktycznie ze wszystkim, co piszesz. Ale nie stoi to w sprzeczności z tym, co napisałem wcześniej. Trochę szczęścia i gość się potrafi rozkręcić w dużej części turniejów.

[DUN I LOVE]

Przypomniał o sobie protegowany Bartka. W Pekinie był o jeden dobrze uderzony fh od wyeliminowania Rafaela Nadala. Ostatecznie nie powiodło się Francuzowi.

[Damian]

[Damian]