Hugo Gaston is living the dream in Paris, where he reached the quarter-finals on Thursday. The 21-year-old from France has achieved a career-high record in the live rankings after he defeated Carlos Alcaraz Garfia in straight sets (6-4 7-5).
Currently ranked the number 103, Hugo gained 36 places in the live rankings to become the new world no.67 and break in the top100.
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Now the world no.103 (career-high), Gaston achieved a composed 44-26 record in 2021. The French player is now playing in Paris, where he overcame Kevin Anderson 7-613 2-6 7-61, Lorenzo Musetti 3-6 6-3 6-4, Arthur Rinderknech 4-6 6-4 6-3, Pablo Carreno-Busta 6-73 6-4 7-5 and Carlos Alcaraz Garfia 6-4 7-5.
Hugo Gaston will take on the world no.2 Daniil Medvedev in the quarter on Friday at 7:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the past, they have never played each other as of now in top events.
Hugo reached the final in the Rome 1 Challenger, in the Iasi Challenger, in Gstaad (Swiss Open), in the Tulln Challenger and in the Barcelona Challenger.
Medvedev in Paris, ranking, and results in 2021
Currently ranked no.2 (career-high), Medvedev achieved a compiled 52-11 match record in 2021. Daniil is currently competing in Paris where he managed to beat Ilya Ivashka 7-5 6-4
and Sebastian Korda 4-6 6-1 6-3.Daniil Medvedev will face the world no.103 Hugo Gaston in the quarter on Friday at 7:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the past, they have never competed against each other as of now in top tournaments.
Medvedev clinched 4 titles in 2021 in Marseille, in Mallorca, in Toronto and at the U.S. Open. Medvedev reached the final at the Australian Open.
The Russian won 13 titles in his career: 6 on hard courts, 6 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Hugo Gaston and Daniil Medvedev have never fought against each other.
Hugo Gaston and Daniil Medvedev |
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