Back against the wall, Bailly failed to recover. If he directly saved three entry break points, he was unable to save a fourth. With a set and a break in advance, Debru seemed to take a good option on victory. Except that, nothing was written in this meeting. By unbreaking immediately, Bailly then showed that he had not abdicated before saving three new break points in the next game.
Three shutouts followed before Debru scored another break. The Frenchman then saved a break point to lead 5-3 and find himself a short game from the coronation. This one even happened directly in the next game.
Very often hooked in this tournament, especially in the third round where he saved a match point, Bailly was therefore unable to climb the most complicated step, the one that kept him away from the title. Ten years after Kim CoppenjansBelgium will therefore still have to wait to know a new winner among the juniors in the Grand Slam.
If he would obviously have liked to win, this magnificent epic, for his first Roland-Garros, will remain for him a great personal achievement. Hoping that this course gives him the confidence to integrate, little by little, the professional circuit.