Ugo Humbert downs Alex De Minaur 6-1 7-64 in the final in Antwerp on Sunday to win his 2nd career title after he won his first this year in Auckland.
After the match, Ugo was elated with his win to say:
“It is one of my biggest wins. I am super happy to win my second title this year against a really great player. I was aggressive like the previous matches and I am super happy to do it.”
Humbert managed to get to the final after saving 4 match points. He commented:
“Tennis is completely crazy sometimes. It was great to win against Evans yesterday with four match points. I don’t know what happened today, it was a really nice level, a great match.”
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Humbert commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking De Minaur in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. the French player managed to boost his lead after breaking Alex in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
The Australian surrendered the 6th game (5-1) when he was serving and leading 40-0.
Ugo converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Alex was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 40-A).
They contested 59 points. the French player was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than De Minaur (35-24). the French player dropped 9 points on serve (19-9). In addition, on the other side, De Minaur conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Ugo won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Humbert won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Australian won a minibreak in the 3rd (2-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-c
the French player was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Ugo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 78 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the French player won just 2 points more than the Australian (40-38). Ugo conceded 10 points on serve (29-10). On the other side, the Australian conceded 11 points on serve (28-11).
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Ugo scored 75 points vs. De Minaur’s 62.
Ugo won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 25% (2/8) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Humbert and De Minaur is 1-0 for Ugo.
This was the2nd career title for the French player. (see list of the title). De Minaur remains with 3 titles after he conquered the tournament in Sydney (2019) in Atlanta (2019), in Zhuhai (2019).
Highlights Ugo Humbert vs. Alex De Minaur European Open – Antwerp
Tennis Scores in Antwerp
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-1 7-64) – Stats and score progression
