2023-05-24 16:15:00
At this stage of his young career, he had never seen this. And he was almost sorry for that. Arthur Fils did not even need to finish his second round on Wednesday against the Swede Mikael Ymer, 53rd player in the world. The latter indeed delivered the victory to him on a set by completely losing control of his nerves. Just after conceding the break at 5-5 on a beautiful winning cross passing from the Frenchman, he thus smashed his racket on the referee’s chair in anger, leaving the tournament supervisor no choice but to disqualify him afterwards. only 59 minutes of play.
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If he was obviously not happy to have given up his service, Ymer’s anger has another origin. Moments earlier, the Swede had asked the chair umpire to come onto the court to check a mark. Sure of his announcement, the latter refused to move, a decision which belonged to him but which did not help to appease the player, visibly very nervous. Repeating several times that he had never seen a referee refuse to accede to such a request, Ymer then completely left his match, before twisting.
Barrère capped at the post by Paul
After a complicated start to the match which had seen him get broken quickly (3-1), Ymer had nevertheless rebalanced the debates, even obtaining a set point at 4-5 on the restart. Incredulous after the disqualification of his opponent whom he said he considers “a friend”, Fils will have at least preserved energy. He could face Félix Auger-Aliassime for his third quarter-final of the year on the circuit after Montpellier and Marseille, if the Canadian defeats the Spaniard Pablo Llamas Ruiz, 240th in the world.
Earlier in the day, Grégoire Barrère finally gave in against Tommy Paul in three sets (7-6, 4-6, 6-3) in 2h36 of play. Interrupted Tuesday by the rain at 2-2 in the third act, the two men returned on Wednesday and the American, seeded 3 in the tournament, managed this recovery better. Son will therefore be the only Frenchman still in the running in the quarter-finals.
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