Franck Moses, “as Bruce Willis in Red », Leans on the barrier which delimits the box of Hugo Gaston, just winner of Pablo Carreño Busta in the round of 16 of the Masters 1000 of Paris-Bercy. “I shouted a lot today. “He has no more voice, and has just put his jacket back on over the only Stade Toulousain jersey he wore during the meeting. The air is nevertheless fresh in the stands, we peel them a bit with our sweater-t-shirt combo; but hey, the long-time friend and circumstantial capo of the French player did not really have time to feel it during the three hours of fighting.
Hugo Gaston: “It is thanks to your support (the public) that I was able to do this today. I couldn’t have done it without you, thank you! ” #RolexParisMasters
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Between each point, he gets up, applauds, shouts, sings and harangues the audience who ends up following him, all with the support of Hugo’s best friends, with whom he was champion of France in team minima. “They surprised him by coming, we drove the car last night. Everyone came [en dernière minute]. We wanted to surprise him to mark the occasion for his entry into the top 100. ”Top 80, even, thanks to the success of the day, the greatest of his career with that against Stan Wawrinka at Roland Garros in 2020, even if the interested party refuses the comparison. Let’s take advantage of these two monsters.
Gaston promises to continue to use the public of Bercy
Let’s compare what is comparable anyway. Led by a set against a player ranked 17th in the world – a curious coincidence – and even by a break against him at 4-3, the young Toulouse has returned from where few thought he was capable.
“It was very badly embarked but I was able to count on a very good public, which played a very important role for me in this match, that’s why I asked for the help of the public, I have some need. “
Franck did not wait to see his friend with his back to the wall to play the driver’s seat. This role, he knows it for having skimmed the atmospheres of Davis Cup and for having already taken part in the spectacle against Wawrinka, and he is not unaware that he can help a man exhausted by the qualifiers to overcome his back pain – Hugo Gaston appealed to the physiotherapist again on Wednesday. “It needed an extra soul. I said to Hugo: “If we can give you the little extra energy that you are going to miss, we will try.” In the end, it even weighed on Pablo, we saw him more tense, even in the service where he ended up making a double fault. “
It is out of the question, however, to withdraw the merit from the one his friend already imagines as “French Schwartzman”, compared to the size (1m73) and the grinta of the Argentinian. But Hugo Gaston is not fooled and returns the ball in the other direction. “The public helps me. I will continue to use it because I know it can make me strong. “To the point of beating Sinner or Alcaraz in the next round?