As boss, Ugo Humbert provided the essentials to reach the final of the ATP 500 in Tokyo after a victory in three sets over Tomas Machac.
Ugo Humbert qualified this Monday for the final of the ATP 500 tournament in Tokyo by beating the Czech Tomas Machac in three sets 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Despite losing the second set, Humbert won without too much trembling thanks to a very good service. Having not had to defend a single break point in the two sets he won. It was the first time he faced the 23-year-old Czech, 34th in the world. Messin is waiting for the other semi-final between his compatriot Arthur Fils and the Dane Holger Rune to know his opponent.
If Fils won, it would be the first Franco-French final on the ATP circuit since January 2020 and the duel between Humbert, already, and Benoît Paire in Auckland, which had turned to the advantage of the former.
The French No.1, 26, has won the six finals he has played in to date, including two this season in Marseille and then in Dubai in February. In the emirate, he won his second ATP 500, the third category of the circuit after the Grand Slams and the Masters 1000, after Halle in 2021.
To join his compatriot, Son will have to achieve his third big performance of the week against Rune (14th in the world). The Ile-de-France native, 24th in the ATP and French No.2, aged 20, has already eliminated Taylor Fritz, 7th in the world and recent finalist of the US Open, then in the quarter-finals on Sunday the other American Ben Shelton, holding title in Tokyo, an indoor hard court tournament.
