If he was able to come back from a hard fight to a round everywhere, Ugo Humbert was eliminated in the second round of the Miami Masters 1000 by Miomir Kecmanovic, seeded number 29.
Ugo Humbert will not see the third round of the Miami Masters 1000. After taking advantage of the very early abandonment of Gaël Monfils for his entry into the running, the Habs gave everything but failed to make the decision against the seeded number 29 Miomir Kecmanovic. After a very balanced start to the match, it was the 78th player in the world who raised the tension by obtaining the first three break points in the sixth game. Reactive, the Serb immediately dismissed them before holding his face-off. An alert that the 35th in the world has understood since he has raised his level of play and put his opponent in difficulty. At the second break point, Miomir Kecmanovic took the lead in this second round but had a hard time confining it. Indeed, in the process, Ugo Humbert was able to get two opportunities to pick up but without managing to convert them. On a last white game, the Serb pocketed a hung first set. The second started the same way, with two solid players on serve, but that changed in the seventh game.
Humbert fought until the end
On his third opportunity, Miomir Kecmanovic took the serve from Ugo Humbert, who immediately replied. A single opportunity was enough for the Habs to return to four games everywhere. The status quo is maintained thereafter, a decisive game has become inevitable to decide between them. The two players went blow for blow but it was Ugo Humbert who had the last word on his first set point. On his way, the 78th player in the world did not go far from breaking from the first game of the last round. He then dismissed two break points in the sixth game. But, after failing to take Miomir Kecmanovic’s serve three more times, the Habs had to resort to going through the tiebreaker a second time. Again, the indecision was great but it was the Serb who raced in the lead until concluding with the first match point. With this victory (6-4, 6-7, 7-6 in 2h46 ‘), the 35th player in the world joins the third round with a duel against the seeded number 6 Andrey Rublev on the program.