Marseille Open: Humbert edges past Sonego to book spot in semi-finals
Ugo Humbert beat Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 6-4 on Friday afternoon. He’ll face Belgian Zizou Bergs in the next round
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Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the second seed, moved into the semi-finals of the Marseille Open by winning against Italian Lorenzo Sonego, the No 7 seed, 6-4, 6-4 at the Palais des sports.
Humbert, ranked No 17, will face Belgian Zizou Bergs next.
The Frenchman beat Kazakh Alexander Bublik (7-6 (7), 6-4) ahead of his victory.
In the previous rounds of the Marseille tournament, Sonego, ranked No 35, defeated Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp (6-1, 3-6, 6-3) and French lucky loser Luca Van Assche (W/O).
Marseille ATP 250, other last-eight results (Palais des sports, hard, EUR 767.545, most recent results first):
- Hamad Medjedovic vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Zizou Bergs beat Zhizhen Zhang: 7-5 ret.
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