Tennis News: Gilles Simon has been ranked 6th in the world, won 14 titles, and on several occasions, he has been so close to winning the ATP level 500 tournament.
However, the host, Gilles Simon recorded more success at Open 13 Provence, Marseille than in any other tournament and this week he showed the reason.
Simon managed to beat the first seed as well as world number 5 tennis player, Daniil Medvedev with 6-4, 6-0 in just 67 minutes to advance to the semifinals in Marseille.
With this victory, the 35-year-old Simon has pocketed 29 wins in Marseille (29-11), more wins than he has ever achieved in other tournaments.
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Simon won the first ATP tournament title in his career at Marseille in the 2007 season and he won it again in the 2015 season. Of the 14 titles he has won, he won five titles at his own home, two titles at Marseille and three titles at Moselle.
World number 58 Simon Simon is ahead of Medvedev by 3-0 in their head to head after winning 91 percent points from his first serve. Simon broke Medvedev’s service five times from six occasions and he lost his own service only once to advance to the semifinals in Marseille for the fifth time in his career.
Standing between Simon and one place at the top of the party is the young Canadian tennis player, Felix Auger Aliassime.
Seventh seeded player, Auger Aliassime qualified for the semifinals after defeating Belarussian Egor Gerasimov with 7-5, 6-2.
Auger Aliassime is currently just one win away from the fifth final of his career (0-4) The 19-year-old tennis player has recently become the youngest finalist in the history of the Rotterdam Open event before losing to Gael Monfils.
Then Previously, the Next Gen ATP Finals champion last season, Sinner who was left behind 1/4 in the second set tiebreaker, secured the six break points he faced throughout the match that lasted for 2 hours 3 minutes.
Sinner competed with the highest rank in his career to date, ranked 68 in the world. At the Rotterdam Open last week, the Italian recorded his first victory over the top 10 when he paralyzed David Goffin to advance to the quarterfinals of the ATP level 500 tournament.
For his hard work, Sinner will challenge first seed tennis player Daniil Medvedev in the second round However Medvedev qualified for the quarterfinals at Marseille when he debuted at the tournament in the 2017 season.
