France winning.
Tennis players Ugo Humbert and Corentin Moutet, respectively 18th and 140th in the rankings, are in great form this week on the ATP circuit.
The first qualified for the final of the ATP 500 in Dubai by beating Russian Daniil Medvedev on Friday in the semi-final.
The second is in the semi-final of the ATP 250 in Santiago after his victory against the Chilean Nicolas Jarry.
Two great performances for the Tricolores since Medvedev and Jarry were the N.1 seeds in these two tournaments.
The X account (ex-Twitter) “Jeu, Set et Maths”, specialized in statistics related to the world of tennis, took the opportunity to reveal an astonishing statistic.
Among the players who have faced seeded N.1 or N.2 at least 5 times since 2020 (there are 116 of them), Ugo Humbert and Corentin Moutet are the 2nd and 3rd players with the best win ratio, with 72 respectively. 7 and 71.4%.
In this game, they are ahead of Novak Djokovic (61.5%).
The ranking is dominated by Rafael Nadal (85.7%).
The two seeded gravediggers are back on track this Friday.
Corentin Moutet's semi-final in Chile is scheduled for around 10 p.m., against local Alejandro Tabilo.
Ugo Humbert faces the whimsical Alexander Bublik around 4 p.m. to try to win the second ATP 500 of his career after Halle (Germany) in 2021.