After his victory against Marc-Andrea Huesler, Alexandre Muller continued with the round of 16 in Hong Kong.
The Frenchman had a good test to play against Miomir Kecmanovic, 54th player in the world and winner of Luciano Darderi for his first match of the season.
In this match, the two men offered a big suspenseful fight until the last point.
For a long time in this game, the Serb seemed in control, winning the first set 7 games to 5 then breaking in the second set.
But when serving for the match at 6-5 in the second, the arm shook and Muller took the opportunity to put it back together.
In the tie-break, Alexandre Muller recovered from a handicap to equalize at one set all (8 points to 6). The Frenchman seemed to turn the tide and served for the match in turn.
Despite two match points on his serve, Muller was unable to finish. Kecmanovic came back to tie and, quite logically in the end, the two men were decided in the tie-break of the third round.
Until the end, this confrontation kept its promises and was indecisive.
Muller, who had started the decisive game poorly, obtained a third match point at 6-5 on the opponent's serve which he did not convert. Both players were within one point of winning this game.
In his turn, in fact, the Serb had the opportunity to conclude at 7 points to 6, then at 8-7, but ultimately, it was Muller who ended up having the last word at the end of a tie-up. unbreathable break won 12 points to 10 on his 6th match point (5-7, 7-6, 7-6 in 3h22).
We can therefore have a 100% French quarter-final in Hong Kong, since Alexandre Muller will play his quarter-final against Arthur Fils or Zizou Bergs who face each other this Wednesday.
