On paper, there is an 87.5% chance that the successor of Valentin Vacherot in the $25,000 winners of Montauban be French. Indeed, there are seven blues at the start of the quarter-finals. This implies that there will be three derbies this Friday. The most anticipated duel will oppose Laurent Lokoli (n°4) to Maxime Chazal (No. 5). Titled in Grasse, the native of New Caledonia is very comfortable on clay.
At the top of the table, Arthur Reymond (photo) – who knocked out the number 1 seed, the Italian, in the first round Lorenzo Giustino – overpowered the youngster Léo Raquillet, 1396th in the world, after a great fight (7-6, 3-6, 6-1). The Toulouse man will take part in his first semi-final since his road accident. As for And Added (n°3), he will have to get rid of Benjamin Pietri.
Thomas Gerbaud’s fairy tale
Paradoxically, the only blue who will play a foreigner is completely unknown. Thomas Gerbaud, 19 years old, released a big mach on Thursday to dismiss the experienced Swiss Damian Wenger. The TC Andrésy player (Yvelines) is guaranteed to have his first ATP ranking on July 1 but he still has an appetite. However, we imagine that Johan Nikles will have been warned by his fallen compatriot…
 – Reymond in the semi-final, big Lokoli-Chazal derby){kind=link}