After a week of qualifications with mixed conclusions on the Blues side, they are 13th in the final table of Wimbledon. And it will be necessary to fight very hard from the first round after a particularly difficult draw. The best French chances seem to be the French number 1 Ugo Humbertas well as’Adrian Mannarinocomfortable on the surface. But the latter inherited from his compatriot Gaël Monfils, entry. Another derby will take place, between Alexandre Müller et Hugo Gaston. The winner will then challenge… Daniil Medvedev (n°5).
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Monfils-Mannarino and Müller-Gaston derbies, very heavy for Lestienne, Rinderknech and Moutet
The French contingent being quite numerous, it was likely to see a few derbies. The first, however, was unexpected. Seeded n°22 and great French luck, Adrian Mannarino will challenge Gael Monfilsas in 2015 and 2017. A frustrating draw while My son was close to being seeded as well. The other 100% blue poster will see each other compete Alexandre Müller et Hugo Gastonqualified. This is the remake of the final of the Lyon Challenger played on June 16 on clay. Gaston had imposed itself. The winner of the confrontation should find Daniil Medvedev (n°5) in the second round…
In the lower part of the table, Corentin Moutet could hardly hope for worse. The best Blue to Roland-Garros came across a top 10 in the person of‘Alex De Minaur, winner of s’Hertogenbosch. A nice challenge though. It will also be necessary to achieve an exploit to Constant Lestiennewho inherited the seed number 25. It will be the Italian Lorenzo Musettifinalist of the Queen’s a few days earlier. Finally, it is indeed the French Arthur Rinderknech who will be struggling with Kei Nishikori. The Japanese, quarter-finalist in 2017 and 2018, has not played since Roland-Garros and is only ranked 399th worldwide.
Son targets Hubert Hurkacz, Humbert, Cazaux, Janvier, Halys, Pouille… the other matches
By very little, Arthur Son missed being seeded. Attractive to Halle In preparation for the London Grand Slam, he will start with the Swiss Dominic Strickerpowerful server. With a potential poster against Hubert Hurkacz in sight for the second round. Another dangerous server, Christopher Eubanks had revealed himself on the main circuit during the last edition with an astonishing quarter-final. The American will defend his many points against Quentin Halys, qualified. A great challenge. One of the best French chances, Ugo Humbert (n°16) did not do extremely well, as at Roland-Garros. From the start, he will have to raise his level to beat Alexander Shevchenko. After putting on a show in qualifying, notably taking out Mpetshi-Perricard, Maxime Janvier inherited the seed number 32, the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang. Bonus. Finally, Arthur Cazaux will have to go for a first success since March against Zizou Bergs, out of the qualifiers.
