Queen’s: Chardy is already stopping

Jérémy Chardy has still not won a game on grass this season. Eliminated from the start last week in Stuttgart for the start of the grass season, the Pau left the tournament again as soon as he entered the running, this Tuesday at Queen’s. This time, it was Alexander Bublik’s turn to play a nasty trick on our 34-year-old representative, who however resisted better (defeat in three sets 6-4, 3-6, 6-3) against the Kazakh than six days earlier against Yannick Hanfmann. Indeed, the young German had made bite the dust at the 59th world in two sets. Bublik, who remained on a double defeat in the Roland-Garros final alongside his compatriot Andrey Golubev, to the delight of the French pair made up of Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, once again crowned Porte d ‘ Auteuil, will be opposed in the second round to the surprising Briton Jack Draper, 309th in the standings. At only 19 years old, the latter, invited by the organizers, had created the sensation of the first round on Monday by bringing down one of the favorites Yannick Sinner.

QUEEN’S (England, ATP 500, grass, € 1,427,455)
Title holder (2019): Feliciano Lopez (ESP)

1st round
Berrettini (ITA, n°1) bat Travaglia (ITA): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
Pair (FRA) – Murray (GBR, WC)
Mannarino (FRA) bat Broady (GBR, WC) : 6-4, 6-4
Popyrin (AUS) – Evans (GBR, n ° 6)

De Minaur (AUS, n ° 4) bat Djere (SER): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Millman (AUS) bat Opelka (USA) : 7-6 (4), 5-7, 7-6 (6)
Cilic (CRO) – Ofner (AUT, Q)
Lu (TPE, PR) – Fognini (ITA, n ° 8)

Karatsev (RUS, n ° 5) bat Tabilo (CHI, LL) : 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Norrie (GBR) bat Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) : 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Bublik (KAZ) bat Chardy (FRA): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Draper (GBR, WC) bat Sinner (ITA, n°3) : 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2)

Troicki (SER, Q) bat Sonego (ITA, n°7) : 6-4, 6-4
Bedene (GBR) – Tiafoe (USA)
Lopez (ESP) bat Marchenko (UKR, Q): 6-1, 7-6 (6)
Vukic (AUS, Q) – Shapovalov (CAN, n ° 2)