Young dad, since last week, the French Pierre-Hugues Herbert won his qualification for the second round of Roland-Garros on Monday.
This is the first victory for “P2H” since he is a father of little Harper. Pierre-Hugues Herbert easily qualified on Monday for the second round of Roland Garros, beating the American, resulting from the qualifications, Michael Mmoh (6-3, 6-2, 6-3). The French, 78th player in the world, will face in the second round a big hunk, the German Alexander Zverev, recent finalist of the US Open.
“I’m undefeated as a dad, laughs the Alsatian. It is certain that in the preparation, I feel a big difference. My son, I still have trouble saying it, was born a week ago. Since then, I’m on a cloud. It was terrible to leave them already Thursday to come here, it was only four or five days that we had welcomed our son at home. I am very proud to be a father and to share this adventure with Julia. It makes me feel good in everyday life. It allowed me to arrive a little more relaxed when I arrived at this Roland-Garros when I might be supposed to have a little fewer benchmarks than most players here. “
“A real pride in being able to win”
Pierre-Hugues Herbert “necessarily thought of Julia and Harper when entering the court”. “It was obviously something special to enter the field today as a father. There is something that was different. Indeed, it is a real pride to be able to win, especially since I left my engaged to the baby all alone in my son’s first moments. It’s never easy. She’s doing the job on her own. “
In the second round, he will therefore rub shoulders with the German Alexander Zverev. “It’s going to be a big turn obviously. I’m not a seed so I’m exposed to this kind of match. It’s a match that I played four years ago here at Roland Garros ( defeat in four sets). We had a pretty close game. I can’t wait to face him again, even though he’s not the same player anymore. He has really improved since then. I think he comes with a lot of confidence with his Grand Slam final at the US Open. I’m not necessarily going to be the favorite but I will try to give him problems. “
