Wimbledon – Ugo Humbert eliminates Roland-Garros finalist Casper Ruud in the 2nd round

It was great Humbert! For his second round in this Wimbledon 2022, the Frenchman managed to get rid of Casper Ruud, finalist at Roland-Garros, in four sets and 2h36 of play (3-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4) . Entering the match like a diesel, the 112th at ATP gradually took over the top seed number three, uncomfortable with the playing conditions on grass. Eighth finalist in 2019 at Wimbledon, Humbert will seek to repeat this performance by beating his future opponent, the Belgian David Goffin, in a duel that promises a lot of spectacle.

At the start of this third day at Wimbledon, Ugo Humbert had a nice shot to play against Ruud. Uncomfortable at Wimbledon where he has only completed one round since entering the professional circuit, the Norwegian has nevertheless put doubt in the minds of Messin from the first exchanges. Dominated on two service games during his first three face-offs, the Frenchman took a while before activating the machine with more than double the number of unforced errors compared to his opponent (15 against 7) ​​and a poor performance at the net (3 points won out of 11 attempts). From then on, Ruud took the opportunity to pocket the first set in half an hour (6-3).

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Humbert came back like a boomerang in the 3rd set

Despite this bad start, Humbert was not surprised by what was at stake. More efficient in the service, the left-hander took the lead by breaking at 1-1 then at 4-2 to equalize with one set everywhere in an authoritarian way in 39 minutes, definitively launching the fight against the Scandinavian (6-2). In response, Ruud won the first three games of the third set … before seeing the Habs come back like a boomerang to tie at 3-3.

Ugo Humbert.

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More solid in the exchange and sometimes devastating in return, Humbert stole his opponent’s serve at 5-5 to win the third set in 46 minutes (7-5). Then dominating, he did not miss his chance by remaining sovereign on his face-off and surprising Ruud with a shotgun in backhand passing at 4-4, 30-40. Without thinking, the Frenchman finished on a shutout to qualify for the third round, where David Goffin awaits him for a long-awaited Franco-Belgian duel.

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