Main French chance since the elimination of Gaël Monfils on Monday, Ugo Humbert is also eliminated from Roland-Garros, already, after his defeat in four sets against the lucky-loser Marc Polmans.
The days go by and the blue sky is still waiting at the Porte d’Auteuil. 38th player in the world and especially in optimal shape before Roland Garros, Ugo Humbert will not make French tennis smile, eliminated by the 122nd player in the world, Marc Polmans. After Monfils, Chardy and Moutet, released on Monday against much lower ranked players, the French contingent continues to lose weight dangerously.
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Humbert head upside down
Ugo Humbert will have put two sets to enter in his first round, an awakening obviously far too late to hope to win the first match of his career at Roland Garros. However, the young Frenchman came out of two convincing victories on clay, against Fognini in Rome but especially against Medvedev, fifth player in the world, at the tournament in Hamburg.
But as in 2019, the French gave in four sets. After 1h42, the Australian Polmans led 6-2 6-2 against an overwhelmed and almost resigned Frenchman. However, who managed to recover in the third, won 6-3 with a little more authority. Before finally giving in in a fourth round more indecisive, but where the 22-year-old will not have managed to maintain his level of the previous set and prevent, in the rain, a defeat in three hours of play.
It’s over for Ugo Humbert!The Frenchman was eliminated in the first round by Marc Polmans, 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3! Despite a convincing 3rd set, the left-hander failed to return to the match #Roland GarrosFollow Roland-Garros live: https://t.co/Z0SzpLkTvf pic.twitter.com/cpbZUhGs7m
– France tv sport (@francetvsport) September 29, 2020
The hecatomb continues on the French side
For his part, Marc Polmans signs the greatest feat of his career by crossing a Grand Slam lap for the first time. A performance all the more unexpected as the Australian is lucky-loser, which means that he was eliminated in the third round of qualifying by Broady, a player who forfeited the first round. A privileged status which did not prevent him from defeating Humbert and a lot of hopes for France at the same time.
