the greek Stefanos Tsitsipas fulfilled his condition as the first favorite and, after beating the French Hugo Gaston 6-3 and 7-6(4), reached the quarterfinals of the Marseille tournament.
It took the Greek an hour and a half to beat an opponent he had never faced before to get closer to winning his first title of 2022. The fourth player in the world reached the final in Rotterdam last weekend but the Canadian Felix Auger Aliassimewho also progressed in Marseille, separated him from victory.
Tsitsipas will face the Russian Roman Safiulin who won a long match against the Czech Thomas Macac by 6-7(8), 6-4 and 7-6(4) after two hours and forty-five minutes.
Previously, the Canadian also emerged victorious from the session Felix Auger-Aliassimethird favourite, after beating the French Jo Wilfried Tsonga by 7-6(3) and 6-2, after one hour and 45 minutes.
the pupil of Tony Nadal He achieved his sixth consecutive victory in straight sets. After the five in Rotterdam, which gave him the first title of his career, he got the first in Marseille, in the second round, against the Le Mans tennis player, champion in the Marseille event in 2009, 2013 and 2017 and finalist in 2014 , still out of his best moment and far from the level that his rival currently offers.
Auger-Aliassimewho reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open, will meet Belarusian in the quarterfinals Ilya Ivashkafifth seeded.
The Frenchman was also among the eight survivors of the tournament Benjamin Bonzininth favorite, who surpassed his countryman Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4 and 6-3 and will face the Russian aslan karatsevfourth seeded.