US Open
Ugo Humbert makes his US Open debut this Tuesday in New York. And Messina was included in the draw as he faces former semi-finalist Italian Matteo Berretini at Flushing Meadows. Falling out of the world’s top 30, Berrettini will go in as an outsider, the mistake of the past few weeks… fluctuating in terms of regularity. Disbelief, all the same: The Italian is two-nil ahead on the big circuit against Lorraine.
Majorca
Harold Mayott is in Mallorca. And this is already a small achievement in itself. Palma de Mallorca went through 24 hours of hell due to an unexpectedly violent storm, Messines found himself, like many other players, stranded on the tarmac of his departure airport on Sunday evening. He was finally able to find a tournament on Monday morning in which he is playing for the first time: the Mallorca Challenger. Held in the facilities of the Rafael Nadal Academy and under the (necessarily very watchful) eye of the master of the place, the Rafa Nadal Open for Messina should start on a Tuesday or certainly a Wednesday. Seeded 7th, they will face a qualifier in the first round.
remorse
After his first round loss at College Park (J300) last week, Theo Papamalamis regained his confidence at Repantigni (J300), his last stop before qualifying for the US Open Junior. The young Moulinois got rid of 64-year-old Korean Roh virtually unchallenged.I World, in the first round (6-3, 6-3), before losing (6-4, 6-4) in a big test against Italian Bondioli (19)I), on this Monday evening.