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Ugo Humbert will become the new darling of the French, that’s for sure!
Saturday March 2, 2024, the 25-year-old tennis player won another victory in Dubai, enough to allow him to move up in the world rankings and position himself in 14th place tomorrow. Bodes well for the best current Frenchman before the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells, where he will be a seed to watch from Wednesday in California.
6 finals, 6 victories for Ugo Humbert
Ugo Humbert, uncompromising against Alexander Bublik, won the sixth in a row that he played on the circuit in Dubai, a 100% synonymous with the 6th title, and the second ATP 500 of his career. His Kazakh rival, unceremoniously dismissed 6-4, 6-3 for their first confrontation, did not weigh very heavily against the Frenchman, particularly in spirit at the end of winter. He ends a convincing sequence in the United Arab Emirates, which saw him dismiss in particular the Pole Hubert Hurkacz (8th in the world) after saving three match points in the quarter-final, then the Russian Daniil Medvedev (4th), defending champion, in half.
“I played at a fantastic level all week, but today wasn’t easy“, reacted Humbert, before receiving the trophy. “I have six finals, six victories, it’s just fantastic“, he rejoiced.
While waiting for this meeting, almost the major one of the season, the 25-year-old Messin can boast of adding Dubai to his list of achievements, which also includes the tournaments of Auckland, Antwerp (2020), Halle (2021) , already an ATP 500, from Metz (2023) at home, and from Marseille at the beginning of February. All without ever having lost when meeting on the last step. He becomes the third player in the open era to achieve such a six out of six, after the Latvian Ernest Gulbis and the Slovakian Martin Klizan, doing better than a big name like Carlos Alcaraz, who started his harvest with a 5 /5.
Ugo Humbert did not experience this very beautiful ascent alone. The young Frenchman is in a relationship with Tessah Andrianjafitrimo, a professional tennis player who has the same and who follows him on the circuit. She was there during his coronation in Marseille. Once his victory was won yesterday, Ugo Humbert exchanged a kiss with his partner, a sequence that he shared on his Instagram account.
Who is Tessah Andrianjafitrimo, companion of Ugo Humbert?
A native of Montpellier, Tessah Andrianjafitrimo operates at a lower level than her companion. Currently 466th player in the world, the Frenchwoman of Malagasy origin experienced her best ranking in June 2022. At that time, she reached 139th place in the WTA rankings. She notably competed in the main draw at Roland-Garros three times (2017, 2018, 2023) without managing to overcome the pitfall of the first round.
With Ugo Humbert at her side, Tessah Andrianjafitrimo can only be lifted up.
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