A “house” cast and a guest. Most of the best French will be at the Moselle Open from Monday in Metz, in the company of a former world No. 1, Andy Murray, who is opposed to one of them, the Messin Ugo Humbert. . The Lorraine tournament has been the preserve of the Tricolores since its creation in 2003, with 11 victories in 17 editions.
Three former winners are entered, Gilles Simon (2010, 2013, 2018), Lucas Pouille (2016) and Gaël Monfils (2009), N.1 national in 20th place at the ATP, as well as Jérémy Chardy, Arthur Rinderknech and Richard Gasquet, who benefited from a “wild card”. Even if they haven’t shone much lately, they can hope to play a part in a painting devoid of big headliners.
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Hubert Hurkacz, 13th in the world, will be the No. 1 seed. The Pole made himself known to the general public by eliminating Roger Federer in the quarter-finals of the last Wimbledon. “He’s a serious customer. But it is very open with the presence of nine or ten players ranked among the 50 best in the world.“, said Julien Boutter, the director of the tournament which also counts the Australian Alex de Minaur and the silver and bronze medalists of the Tokyo Games, the Russian Karen Kachanov and the Spaniard Pablo Carreño Busta, among the entries.
It will be without Sinner or Alcaraz
On the other hand, two of the most promising youngsters on the circuit, the Italian Jannik Sinner and the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, have withdrawn. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, four-time winner and title holder since 2019, the 2020 edition having been canceled because of the pandemic, could not honor the invitation of the organizers because he still suffers from the injury to a calf which deprived him of the US Open.
The draw therefore reserved an interesting poster from the first round: Murray against Humbert. Match scheduled for Tuesday. The Scotsman, who fell to 116th place in the world, has been dragging his sentence for several seasons due to injuries, but showed fine remains in the first round of the US Open in a game lost in five sets against Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Humbert, 26th in the world, has been irregular since his great victory at the Halle in June: a quarter-final at the Tokyo Games, a success over Tsitsipas in the Master 1000 in Toronto, but also failures in the first round at Wimbledon and at the US Open.
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