Holger Rune 9.5/10
If he hadn't experienced a chaotic entry against Stan Wawrinka in the first round, where he had to save three match points, the future winner would have had the perfect score.
Accused of having behaved "
like a baby
" by the Swiss at the end of this tense match, the 19-year-old young man later proved that he already had everything of a great.
He thus pinned five top 10 between his second round and the final.
His victory against the host Djokovic in the final particularly marked the spirits.
Long live the sequel.
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Gilles Simon 9/10
For the last tournament of his career Gilles Simon bowed out in style.
The former world number 6 who fell to 188th place postponed the fateful moment, dominating in the first two rounds former world number 1 Andy Murray and Taylor Fritz, a candidate for the Masters at the gates of the Top 10. Out of breath, the tricolor veteran logically gave in in the 8th against the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime (6-1, 6-3).
Once again and one last time, he used his science wonderfully...
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