2023-04-19 14:05:25
Published on April 19, 2023 at 4:05 p.m. – updated on April 19, 2023 at 11:28 p.m.
While their matches were interrupted by rain on Tuesday, Grégoire Barrère was able to get the better of Hamad Medjedovic in the first round of the ATP tournament in Banja Luka while Hugo Gaston lost to Juan Pablo Varillas.
Grégoire Barrère can believe in a quarter-final against Novak Djokovic. The Frenchman, seeded number 8 at the ATP tournament in Banja Luka, escaped the trap offered by Hamad Medjedovic, 212th in the world and beneficiary of an invitation, in a match interrupted by rain on Tuesday. A meeting that had started in favor of the Habs. Indeed, if the Serb had obtained the first break point of the meeting. Grégoire Barrère had been able to dismiss it before going to take the service of his opponent on a white game. An advantage that the Habs however failed to defend, Hamad Medjedovic returning to four games everywhere in stride. The two players then neutralized each other to explain themselves to the decisive game. After winning the first three points, Grégoire Barrère saw the Serb respond. Pocketing six of the following seven exchanges, the 212th in the world obtained two set points, all missed. Concluding with a series of four points won in a row, the Frenchman took the lead in this meeting…. and the rain postpone the end of the match until Wednesday. Despite the long interruption, the second set started like the first, with two solid players then the break for Grégoire Barrère to lead three games to one. In the process, Hamad Medjedovic erased it to return to three games everywhere. After missing another opportunity to take the lead, the Frenchman seemed on track to play a second decisive game. However, when it came time to serve to stay in the game, the Serbian went down. After missing two first match points, the third was good for Grégoire Barrère (7-6, 7-5 in 2h03′). Dusan Lajovic will be on his way to the round of 16.
It passes for Grégoire Barrere! In Srpska, the French won his first round against Hamad Medjedovic (7-6, 7-5) #HomeOfTennis pic.twitter.com/tkpTaSP4MI
— Eurosport France (@Eurosport_FR) April 19, 2023
Gaston takes the door
For Hugo Gaston, the trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina did not last long. Opposed to Juan Pablo Varillas, the Habs fell from the start in two sets despite a promising start to the match on Tuesday, before the rain fell on Banja Luka. A meeting which first saw the two players being nervous on the serve. The result was a series of three games all concluded by a break, which allowed Hugo Gaston to quickly lead three games to one. The Peruvian then had an opportunity to come back to the height, without success being with him. It was there that the match was interrupted by the weather. When hostilities resumed on Wednesday, the 92nd player in the world was on the brink, dismissing no less than four set points. Failures that weighed heavily on the Frenchman, who then lost his footing. After seeing Juan Pablo Varillas hold his face-off, Hugo Gaston lost this break in advance without being able to reply. In the process, it was on the service of the Habs that the Peruvian won the first set. After this disheveled end of the set, calm returned to the Bosnian clay court. Indeed, the two players held their first two service games in the second set. But it was Hugo Gaston who showed the first flaws, with two break points saved. Difficulties in keeping his commitment which were fatal to the Habs in the process. The third break chance was good for Juan Pablo Varillas, who then led four games to two. From then on, the two players held their serve and it was on the first match point that the Peruvian put an end to the suspense (7-5, 6-3 in 1h42′). Andrey Rublev, seeded number 2, will be his next opponent.
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