ATP Doha: Semifinals! Monfils wins French duel with Humbert
Gael Monfils was the last player to reach the semi-finals of the ATP Tour 250 tournament in Doha with a convincing 6:2 and 6:4 against his compatriot Ugo Humbert .
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last edit: Feb 22, 2024, 07:47 pm
In 2018, Gael Monfils celebrated one of his twelve tournament victories to date in Doha. In the current edition, the Frenchman is still two wins short of a Da Capo. Monfils defeated his compatriot Ugo Humbert surprisingly clearly 6:2 and 6:4 in the last quarter-final of the 250 and will therefore face the 18-year-old Czech Jakub Mensik in the semi-finals tomorrow, who lost the previous match against tournament favorite Andrey Rublev 6: 4 and 7:6 (6) knocked out of the tournament .
The superiority in the French duel with Humbert was all the more astonishing as Gael Monfils had to go the full distance against Zhizhen Zhang yesterday and only won in the tiebreak of the third set.
The second place in the final will be played between Karen Khachanov and Alexei Popyin. Khachanov benefited from Emil Ruusuvuori's surrender, Popyrin beat Alexander Bublik 6:4 and 6:4.
In doubles, Andreas Mies reached the semi-finals alongside John-Patrick Smith. The two slipped into the table as alternates and will meet the two Italians Lorenzo Musetti and Lorenzo Sonego in the semi-finals.