Marseille Open: Humbert advances to semi-finals, beats Fokina in straight sets
Ugo Humbert won against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-1, 6-4 on Friday afternoon and will play the winner of the match between Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the top seed, and Tomas Machac in the next round
Ugo Humbert at the 2024 Australian Open (Virginie Bouyer/Panoramic)
Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 4 seed, advanced to the semi-finals of the Marseille Open by beating Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 5 seed, 6-1, 6-4 at the Palais des sports on Friday afternoon.
Humbert, ranked No 21, will play the winner of the match between Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the top seed, and Tomas Machac next.
The Frenchman won against qualifier Hugo Gaston (2-6, 6-1, 6-3) ahead of his victory.
In the previous rounds of the Marseille tournament, Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 24, edged out Frenchman Gregoire Barrere (4-6, 6-4, 6-4) and defeated Finn Emil Ruusuvuori (6-3, 7-5).
Marseille ATP 250, other last 8 results (Palais des sports, hard, EUR 801.335, most recent results first):
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Karen Khachanov
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Tomas Machac
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