French No. 1 Ugo Humbert created a sensation on Thursday by eliminating Spanish world No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz in the round of 16 of the Masters 1000 in Paris (6-1, 3-6, 7-5). The French player could savor his feat after the match.
Ugo Humbert did it. In a boiling Bercy, the French tennis player signed, at 26 years old, the feat of this Masters 1000 by knocking out Carlos Alcaraz on Thursday in the round of 16. The French number one (18th in the ATP) beat the Spaniard in three sets (6-1, 3-6, 7-5). “It’s the greatest victory of my career and the best moment I’ve experienced on a tennis court,” commented the native of Metz.
“It was incredible. I train for this. That's what I kept repeating to myself throughout the third set. I wanted the story to end better than last year. I thought about the match too against Zverev, it gave me strength. I'm super happy and proud of myself.”
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“I love playing the best in the world”
While Carlos Alcaraz has never been further than the quarters in four appearances at the Masters 1000 in Paris, Ugo Humbert admits that he is very inspired in front of the Parisian public: “I play very well on this surface. J I have both sides of the shots that go very quickly He's not the only one to feel that when playing against me but I had a great match. I love playing the best in the world. that I train and in these conditions, at Bercy, my favorite tournament, these are matches that I love to play. In the quarter-finals, Ugo Humbert will face the Australian Jordan Thompson (28th), who defeated another Frenchman, Adrian Mannarino, earlier in the day.
