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Humbert, Sonego Earn Maiden Montpellier Wins

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Seventh seed Sonego edges Gaston in three

Ugo Humbert claimed his first victory at the Open Sud de France on Monday, as he defeated Norbert Gombos 6-3, 7-6(3) in Montpellier.

The sixth seed, who lost in the first round at this event in 2019 and 2020, recovered from 2-5 down in the second set to advance in 78 minutes. Humbert struck 18 aces and dropped just six points behind his first serve (42/48) to improve to 2-2 in 2021. Since competing at last year's edition of the ATP 250, Humbert has doubled his ATP Tour trophy collection (2) and risen to a career-high No. 30 in the FedEx ATP Rankings (November 2020).

Humbert is aiming to become the fifth Frenchman to claim the Montpellier title since the tournament made its ATP Tour debut in 2010. Eight of the previous 10 editions of the singles event have been won by French players.

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Humbert is chasing his third ATP Tour title on hard courts in 13 months. Last year, the Frenchman claimed his first two tour-level trophies in Auckland and Antwerp. The 22-year-old will face Dutch qualifier Tallon Griekspoor or American Marcos Giron in his next match.

Joining him in the second round is seventh-seeded Lorenzo Sonego, who was taken to three sets by 20-year-old Frenchman Hugo Gaston, 6-1, 6-7(7), 6-1 as the pair clashed on Court Patrice Dominguez.

The Italian was making his debut in Montpellier, playing in his first match since his Australian Open second-round epic against an inspired Feliciano Lopez. Sonego narrowly lost out to the 39-year-old after taking a two-set lead in Melbourne, 5-7, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.

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Sonego once again jumped out to a big lead on Monday, cruising through the opening set and taking an early break to go ahead 2-0 in the second set. He had points to extend his lead but wild card Gaston, No. 162 in the FedEx ATP Rankings, was determined to rally back.

Gaston sent them into a tie-break with an emphatic break to love, and saved match point with a powerful unreturned serve at 6/5 on his way to grabbing the second set. But this time Sonego stayed calm, and was back in control of the match in the final tilt. He opened up a double-break lead and served out his spot in the second round after two hours and 20 minutes.

“He has an incredible talent,” Sonego said after the match. “He was a wild card, and he played unbelievable with his backhand and drop shot. It’s not easy to play a wild card at home, so I’m really happy. It was a really tough match after [having] one match point in the second set.”

No. 7 seed Sonego awaits the winner between former Montpellier champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and #NextGenATP American Sebastian Korda.

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Lorenzo Sonego reached his first quarter-final of the year with a 6-3, 6-2 win against #NextGenATP American Sebastian Korda. The seventh seed converted three of his five break points to move past the Delray Beach runner-up in 74 minutes. Sonego will face second seed David Goffin or French wild card Benjamin Bonzi for a place in the semi-finals.

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Miami21: 3. runda Miami po raz pierwszy.

[24] Lorenzo Sonego d. [Q] Bjorn Fratangelo 64 76(5)

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Tsitsipas To Face Hurkacz In Maiden Miami QF

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Greek leads 6-1 in ATP Head2Head against Pole
Second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas took one step closer to a first ATP Masters 1000 title on Tuesday after battling past Lorenzo Sonego 6-2, 7-6(2) to reach his first quarter-final at the Miami Open presented by Itau.

Tsitsipas fired 20 winners and didn’t face a break point across one hour and 31 minutes against the 24th seeded Italian.

“I’m playing well, feeling well, and enjoying these moments on the court,” Tsitsipas said in an on-court interview. “I’m thrilled to be playing the way I’m playing. I’m having a great impact with my game so far this week, so it’s important for me to capitalise [on] that.

“Each single opponent has been a separate challenge, and I’ve been managing to find solutions against them. It’s important for me to have matches like this.”

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After making a fast start on Court 1 with two breaks of serve in the opening set, Tsitsipas settled in for a battle as Sonego raised his level in the second set. He pulled away in the tie-break to reach his seventh different ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final.

“I was expecting him to raise his level. When you’re one set to love, you feel like you have nothing to lose,” Tsitsipas said. “He definitely improved, so he was a much more difficult opponent in the second set than he was in the first.”

Tsitsipas has now reached the quarter-finals or better at all five events he has contested, including a runner-up finish last week at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC in Acapulco and a semi-final appearance at the Australian Open.

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Tsitsipas will face 24-year-old Hubert Hurkacz in the next round, after the 26th seed won a nail-biter against Milos Raonic that came down to the wire on Court 1. The Delray Beach Open by Vitacost.com champion came back from a set down and edged through a third-set tie-break to win 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4).

Former World No. 3 Raonic outhit Hurkacz from the baseline with 38 winners to 31, but his unforced error count ultimately got away from him (50 to 34) across two hours and 20 minutes. It was also an impressive service day for Hurkacz, who hit more two aces (14) than the big-serving Raonic.

“I think I served very well. That helped me to stay in the games and then be competitive against Milos,” Hurkacz said. “Because if you give him a little bit, a couple of free points or he's getting into more rallies, he's a very dangerous player.”



Hurkacz advanced to his second ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final, after his run at the 2019 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. The Polish player, who trains and lives part-time in Florida, will enjoy a sense of home-field advantage after starting the season by winning an ATP 250 title in nearby Delray Beach.

“Last year I spent here like over five months,” Hurkacz said. “So I got used to the weather and the conditions here, so I think that's kind of [an] advantage for me.

“But each site is different. Each [tournament’s] conditions, the balls are different, but I enjoy being here and playing here.”

Did You Know?
Seven of the eight players in the Miami Open presented by Itau quarter-finals are 25-and-under for the first time since 1996. Alexander Bublik (23), Sebastian Korda (20), Daniil Medvedev (25), Andrey Rublev (23) and Jannik Sinner (19) all won through on Tuesday to join Tsitsipas and Hurkacz in their maiden Miami quarter-finals.

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Fritz will face third seed Lorenzo Sonego for a place in the final. Sonego rallied from 3-6, 3-5 down to overcome Yannick Hanfmann 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-3 in two hours and 43 minutes. World No. 30 Fritz leads Sonego 2-1 in their ATP Head2Head rivalry, but he lost the pair’s only previous clay-court encounter at Roland Garros last year.

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Sonego Fights Past Fritz, One Step Away From Cagliari Title

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Italian to play Basilashvili or Djere in Sunday's final
Lorenzo Sonego is one step away from becoming the first Italian for 15 years to capture an ATP Tour clay-court title on home soil after advancing to the Sardegna Open final on Saturday.

The 25-year-old will be bidding for his second trophy after he battled hard to overcome second-seeded American Taylor Fritz 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 in two hours and 39 minutes in Cagliari. Sonego led by a set and 3-0 before Fritz started his comeback.

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Sonego, who is one of 10 Italians in the Top 100 of the FedEx ATP Rankings, will next face fourth seed Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia or Serbia’s Laslo Djere in Sunday’s title match. Sonego beat Basilashvili in September 2020 at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome and is level at 1-1 with Djere in their ATP Head2Head series.

Former World No. 25 Filippo Volandri was the last Italian to lift a tour-level trophy on home soil at Palermo (d. Lapentti) in October 2006. Sonego captured his first crown at the 2019 Antalya Open (d. Kecmanovic).


Third seed Sonego made the breakthrough at 2-2 by converting his sixth break point on the back of three powerful forehands. While Fritz was able to level at 4-4 with a deep forehand, Sonego broke immediately to love. From 4-4 in the first set, Sonego won five straight games as the World No. 34 forced Fritz to work hard for every point.

Fritz ended the streak at 0-3 in the second set and Sonego blinked, letting the 23-year-old American back into their fourth ATP Head2Head meeting. Fritz went on to clinch his fourth straight game and eventually levelled the score by clinching the 64-minute set when Sonego struck a backhand into the net.


Sonego regrouped to break Fritz with a drop shot winner in the first game of the third set, and broke once again to take a 3-0 advantage after three consecutive forehands. Fritz continued to fight, but Sonego hammered home his advantage for a place in his first clay-court final.

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Sonego Clinches Cagliari Title With Vavassori; Now For Singles Crown

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First Italian team to win on home soil in 16 years
Lorenzo Sonego and Andrea Vavassori captured the Sardegna Open doubles title on Saturday after a 6-3, 6-4 victory over second seeds Simone Bolelli and Andres Molteni in 75 minutes.

They are the first Italians to win a tour-level doubles title on home soil since Daniele Bracciali and Giorgio Galimberti at Milan in February 2005 in Milan.

Sonego and Vavassori, who beat top seeds Marcelo Melo and Jean-Julien Rojer in the Cagliari first round this week, are now 8-6 as a team.

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Sonego, who beat Taylor Fritz in the singles semi-finals earlier on Saturday, will now bid to become the first player to clinch the singles and doubles titles at same event since Feliciano Lopez at the 2019 cinch Championships in London. The last Italian to complete a title ‘double’ was Matteo Berrettini at the 2018 Swiss Open Gstaad.

Italian Bolelli and Argentine Molteni reached 2019 VTB Kremlin Cup final in their only other ATP Tour event as a team. Bolelli drops to 6-9 in team finals, while Molteni is now 6-5.

It was the first time at least three Italians had contested an ATP Tour doubles final since 1998 Casablanca (Gaudenzi/Nargiso d. Brandi/Messori).

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