DECRYPTION – Even if the 20-year-old hopeful was unable to continue in Shanghai after his coronation in Tokyo, his progress is real and the top 20 is reaching out to him.
If the recent fiascos of the Paris Olympics and the US Open have reminded us of the current difficulties of French tennis, the planets have aligned in Asia. For a hell of a blue highlight. A 100% French final in Tokyo in an ATP 500 tournament. A first since that of Vienna, in 2017, when Lucas Pouille dominated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Tuesday, Arthur Fils, 20, emerged victorious from a fratricidal duel against Ugo Humbert, 26, undefeated until then in six finals on the big circuit. While he had never beaten his compatriot and seemed at the end of his rope physically after a set, Fils pushed himself to the limit to save a match point and snatch the third title of his career and the second this year in the ATP 500 after Hamburg where he dominated Alexander Zverev on home soil in the final. « It was crazy. Everything can change in just a second in tennis, and it did. So I’m very happy, but I would have…
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