Lucas Pouille

[arti]

Elsewhere, French No. 22 seed Lucas Pouille will be aiming to reach the Roland Garros third round for the third consecutive year following a 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 victory over Italian qualifier Simone Bolelli in just under two hours.

Since reaching the Australian Open semi-finals in January, Pouille has struggled for tour-level consistency – recording only one victory over Borna Coric at the Mutua Madrid Open in seven ATP Tour events. He will play Slovakian Martin Klizan or Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan next in south-west Paris.

"I believe I was solid from beginning to end of this first round," said Pouille. "It's never easy to start a tournament. He had played three matches already, so he felt good. I'm really happy I was able to come out with this particular match."

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[Damian]

Khachanov, Pouille Earn Confidence-Boosting Wins In Paris

Spoiler:

Pouille now 2-7 overall since reaching Australian Open semi-finals

Back on Parisian soil, a little more than eight miles from the scenes of his first ATP Masters 1000 title at the Rolex Paris Masters in November 2018, Karen Khachanov is rebuilding his confidence.

In his 22 matches since beating three Top 10 opponents en route to the trophy, Khachanov has suffered eight opening-round exits, but at Roland Garros on Tuesday, the 10th-seeded Russian powered his way past Cedrik-Marcel Stebe of Germany 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 in one hour and 37 minutes.

The 23-year-old Khachanov was always in control against Stebe, breaking serve five times in the first two sets, which included 12 winners from the Russian’s racquet, then winning 16 of the first 20 points in the third set. He will now prepare to face French wild card Gregoire Barrere, who beat Australian Matthew Ebden 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-1.

"[I'm] very relieved. It's always difficult to play a first round in Grand Slam, especially in Roland when you're French," Barrere said. "I had never won a match in a Grand Slam. I had already qualified but I had lost three or four times in the first round. So it's clear that I'm really relieved that I went through."

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Elsewhere, French No. 22 seed Lucas Pouille will be aiming to reach the Roland Garros third round for the third consecutive year following a 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 victory over Italian qualifier Simone Bolelli in just under two hours.

Since reaching the Australian Open semi-finals in January, Pouille has struggled for tour-level consistency – recording only one victory over Borna Coric at the Mutua Madrid Open in seven ATP Tour events. He will play Slovakian Martin Klizan or Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan next in south-west Paris.

"I believe I was solid from beginning to end of this first round," said Pouille. "It's never easy to start a tournament. He had played three matches already, so he felt good. I'm really happy I was able to come out with this particular match."

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/khachan ... 19-tuesday

[arti]

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Lucas Pouille knocked out No. 3 seed Daniil Medvedev 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-2 in just over two hours to improve to a perfect 4-0 FedEx ATP Head2Head record against the Russian. Medvedev fired 19 aces - including four in a 29-second game - to three for Pouille, but the Frenchman converted on three of his 12 break point opportunities while saving four of the six faced on serve.

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[Damian]

Frenchman Lucas Pouille raced through the last five games of his first-round victory over #NextGenATP Brit Jay Clarke 7-6(4), 6-1. He'll take on fourth-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev in the next round. Pouille leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head 4-0, including a win last week at the MercedesCup.

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[Kamileki]

Wimbledon19: udane otwarcie.

[27] Lucas Pouille d. Richard Gasquet 6-1 6-4 7-6(4)

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[arti]

[Kamileki]

Wimbledon19: 8. wygrany mecz na londyńskim szlemie.

[27] Lucas Pouille d. [Q] Gregoire Barrere 6-1 7-6(0) 6-4

[Kamileki]

[Damian]

The 20-year-old lefty entered last week’s Coupe Rogers on a five-match losing streak, but he defeated tough Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert and pushed second seed Dominic Thiem to three sets. He will next face World No. 31 Lucas Pouille, who ousted American qualifier Denis Kudla 6-3, 7-6(4) on Monday.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djokovi ... 19-tuesday

[Damian]

The 2018 Rolex Paris Masters titlist is looking to reach back-to-back Masters 1000 semi-finals after making the last four at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal (l. to Medvedev) last week. The Russian will meet France's Lucas Pouille for a place in the quarter-finals on the line. Khachanov leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 2-1.

Pouille never faced a break point and beat #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-4. The Frenchman, who made the Australian Open semi-finals in January, will try to reach his third tour-level quarter-final of the season (Stuttgart).

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/kyrgios ... -wednesday

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[Damian]

The 32-year-old will next meet Frenchman Lucas Pouille in a rematch of their Australian Open semi-final in January, which was a straight-sets win for Djokovic. Pouille beat eighth seed Karen Khachanov of Russia 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-2 to make his third quarter-final – and first at the Masters 1000 level – of the season. It is Pouille's third Masters 1000 quarter-final and first since 2017 Monte-Carlo.

"It's been a while... I'm just very happy to be in the form I am right now, to be in the quarter-finals," Pouille said.

The Frenchman started the year with his best Grand Slam result, but has struggled with consistency since Melbourne. He is 15-15 on the season.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djokovi ... 9-thursday

[Damian]

Pouille Bounces Back In Cincinnati

Spoiler:

Frenchman to face Djokovic in quarter-finals
Lucas Pouille has experienced incredible highs and difficult lows this season, but the Frenchman is on another upward swing by reaching the quarter-finals at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.

His three-set win over Karen Khachanov on Thursday marked his first Top 10 win in nearly three years. The Frenchman’s serve and backhand became more potent as the match wore on, enabling him to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final since the 2017 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.

“I haven’t played very well in a Masters 1000 for awhile,” said Pouille. “I’m happy to have the chance to play Novak. I’m feeling very well, trying to focus on my game and going step by step.”

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Pouille’s year started out with his first Grand Slam semi-final at the Australian Open, but wins have been rare since then. He arrived in Cincinnati with a 7-13 record since his magical run in Melbourne and just one other ATP Tour quarter-final to his name.

But even during his rough stretch, Pouille still recorded high-profile wins over Daniil Medvedev and Borna Coric. He credited his coach, former WTA World No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo, with helping him through challenging weeks and maintaining belief that his flashy game would click for multiple matches in a row again.

“She has the experience and knows how to deal with it,’ he explained. “It’s never easy when you lose some matches in a row, but you just have to keep working hard and keep believing, keep going on the court being sure that one day it will pay off. Even if I lose tomorrow or win tomorrow, you have to go back and practise the next day. Hard work always pays off.”

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The hard work is indeed paying off for Pouille, who now faces top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic. When they met this year in the Australian Open semi-finals, Pouille only managed four games. But when they step on Stadium Court, the memories of Melbourne will be erased and Pouille will have belief that he can pull off the upset.

“My part of the draw is not open,” said Pouille, cracking a smile. “But everyone has their chances, I’m just trying to focus on my performance.”

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[Kamileki]

[Barty]

Cincy19: 3. ćwierćfinał M-1000.

Lucas Pouille d. [8] Karen Chaczanow 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2

[Kamileki]

[Damian]

[25] Lucas Pouille: Earned consecutive 5-set wins over Chiudinelli, Bautista Agut and Nadal to reach 2016 US Open QF.

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