2023-11-08 15:00:04
Published on November 8, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. – updated on November 8, 2023 at 6:07 p.m. Mathieu Warnier
Opposed to Gijs Brouwer, replacement at short notice for Alex de Minaur, Pierre-Hugues Herbert qualified for the quarter-finals of the ATP tournament in Metz after a success in two sets.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert has been waiting for this for so long. For the first time since Montpellier in 2020, the Alsatian qualified for the quarter-finals of an ATP tournament, imitating Ugo Humbert and Harold Mayot in Metz. A match that the 344th player in the world did not play against the opponent who was scheduled. Seeded number 2 in the tournament, Alex de Minaur cited “fatigue” to forfeit, thus only making an express passage to Moselle on the road to Malaga, which will host the final phase of the Davis Cup. As a result, it was the drafted Gijs Brouwer who found himself on the court against Pierre-Hugues Herbert and the Dutchman suffered a false start. From the start, Pierre-Hugues Herbert put pressure on his opponent and took his serve. However, the 163rd player in the world quickly came to his senses and it was with a shutout that he immediately erased his break. The two players then each had two opportunities to take the other’s service, without success.
Herbert continues again
However, as the decisive game approached, “P2H” was more incisive and made Gijs Brouwer give in in order to lead six games to five, then serving to win the set. If the first set point was not successful, the second allowed the native of Schiltigheim to take the lead in this round of 16. An ascendancy that the Habs could have confirmed from the start of the second round but saw Gijs Brouwer proudly dismiss the two break points conceded in the first game. From there, the debates became balanced before the situation does not change in the often crucial seventh game. Managing to push back the Dutchman, Pierre-Hugues Herbert did not go far from a shutout to break his opponent. After failing on the first opportunity, the second was the right one. The games passed, the Alsatian waited to serve to win the match before concluding. The second match point gives him a ticket to the quarter-finals (7-5, 6-4 in 1h26′). He will find either the number 8 seed Stan Wawrinka or his compatriot Luca Van Assche.
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