After 5/5 in Marseille in February, 6/6 in Dubai in March?
The Frenchman Ugo Humbert, 18th in the world, took on world No. 4 Daniil Medvedev this Friday in the semi-final of the ATP 500 tournament in Dubai and will face Kazakh Alexander Bublik this Saturday in the final to try to win a sixth title on the circuit, he who won his first five career finals.
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Humbert continues his good start to the season after his victory at the ATP 250 tournament in Marseille at the beginning of February.
He impressed again to get rid of (7-5, 6-3) the Russian, semi-finalist of the last Australian Open.
After Hubert Hurkacz (8th in the world) in the quarter-final, the French No. 1 dominates another member of the Top 10 and will face an a priori more affordable opponent in the final, the Kazakh Alexander Bublik (23rd).
His future opponent in the final took advantage of the disqualification of Andrey Rublev, dismissed for yelling at a referee during the match.
Rublev and Bublik were neck and neck in the third and final set (6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/5), 6-5) when the Russian, seeded number 2 in the tournament, s He is verbally attacked by a linesman, without anyone being able to hear his words.
Thanks to this new great performance on the circuit, and while awaiting the result of the final, Ugo Humbert is guaranteed to climb three places in the ATP ranking and enter the top 15 in the world.
He can win his second ATP 500, after La Halle in 2021.