What do June 1st and June 11th have in common? These are the only two days of the month when Jerome Kym did not win a match on the Challenger circuit. The 21-year-old Swiss, 500th in the world as of April 15, scored his 12th success this month this Friday. Present in qualifications for the Bratislava Challenger, The Helvetian has won his five matches so far, and reached the last four. His last victim: Pedro Cachin, 113th in the world and number 1 seed (6-7(5), 6-1, 6-2). The Argentinian had already been beaten by Kym a week earlier. Thanks to this crazy series, the powerful server is provisionally 278th in the ATP. A dazzling and rare rise.
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It must be said that this young Swiss’ season has started well, with a title in the first week of the year at Manacor, in Future. After another final played in Austria in mid-May, he decided to play mainly Challengers tournaments, which is working well for him. Out of qualifying Prostejov, he went for the title by losing only two short sets. The route is a little more chaotic in Slovakia, but the similar result. Led a set to nothing four times in five games Bratislava, he always escaped unscathed. He has a meeting with the Pole Kamil Majchrzak295th in the world, in the semi-finals.
 – The unstoppable Jérôme Kym has already won 12 matches in June){kind=link}