Well, we will quickly forget this last group match, Thursday against the Argentinian Sebastián Báez . Physically reduced, Hugo Gaston gave in three sets (4-3, 4-2, 4-2) and just over an hour against the 111th player in the world at the Masters Next Gen in Milan.
The Haut-Garonnais, who had ignited Bercy the previous week, squandered the very last qualifying chances he had left after his first two setbacks at the end of marathon matches in five rounds and punctuated by “made in” strokes of genius. Fonsorbes ”, against the American Sebastian Korda then the Italian Lorenzo Musetti.
Despite this zero points, the 67th world (21 years) has largely proven that he has his place among the next generation of world tennis, gathered in this Italian tournament in an experimental format: sets in four games, decisive point at 40A, authorized coaching … The young Frenchman’s season is not over, since he was selected for the final phase of the “Davis Cup”, from November 25 to December 5 in Innsbruck.