At home, in front of his fans, Player from North of France Lucas Pouille perfectly started his week in Lille Play In Challenger, offering to the audience an astonishing first round with a lot of suspense against Clément Chidekh (5-7, 7-6, 6-4) in 2h49.
Led at the beginning of the match, Lucas Pouille lost the first set and was closed to be ousted, being down 0-3 in the second. « He played at an incredible level (…) I do not really know how I managed to come back… And the game at 0-3 where I saved 7 double break points, I deserved remaining in the battle», analysed player from Loon-Plage.
With mental and physical capacities he had today – not so much this Monday – Lucas Pouille completely bounced back to register a strong victory against French Clément Chidekh, who is currently on fire.
Opposite and unfortunate scenario for Terence Atmane, who took a good start agaisnt a very nervous Hugo Grenier, before to seem being lost and was eventually ousted 6-3, 3-6, 4-6 in 1h49. Major disapointment for the player from Boulogne-sur-Mer, who came in Lille to find again confidence and who misses the opportunity to be opposed to Lucas Pouille in the second round, for a 100% local battle.
Paire, Van Assche and Barrère enter into the tournament
Second day this Tuesday, and following of the first round with the beginning of Grégoire Barrère, double winner of the tournament (2018, 2019) and runner-up (2021), opposed to German Henri Squire. Another expected French player, Luca van Assche, winner of Roland-Garros juniors in 2021, who will be opposed to Polish Kamil Majchrzak (3rd seed). The day will end up with the always so expected Benoît Paire who inherited of a quite favorable toss, since opposed to another French player, Tom Paris, lucky loser. A good opportunity for the player from Avignon.