Match Report

Van Assche leads French cost in US Open R1 Qualifying

Gasquet, Pouille, Mayot all advance to second spherical of qualifying

August 19, 2024

#NextGen ATP Frenchman Luca Van Assche sailed previous veteran Pablo Cuevas 6-2, 6-1 Monday to advance to the second spherical of qualifying on the US Open.

Eighteen years youthful than his opponent, Van Assche transformed 5 of 10 break factors to dispatch the 38-year-old Uruguayan as he bids to make a second major draw look at Flushing Meadows, the place he misplaced within the first spherical on debut final 12 months.

The 20-year-old is at the moment No. 111 within the PIF ATP Rankings, having slipped from No. 65 a 12 months in the past. He’s at the moment fifth within the PIF ATP Race to Jeddah as he goals to return to the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals offered by PIF for the second consecutive 12 months.

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Van Assche led the French cost on Day 1 of qualifying, with Richard Gasquet, Lucas Pouille and Harold Mayot all advancing.

Gasquet hopes to make his twentieth major draw look at Flushing Meadows this 12 months. His greatest outcome got here in 2013 when he reached the semi-finals, shedding to Rafael Nadal in straight units.

Pouille will goal to duplicate his qualifying success at Wimbledon earlier this 12 months, the place he gained all three matches to make the primary draw. The previous No. 10 within the PIF ATP Rankings will face countryman Mayot within the subsequent spherical, who’s making an attempt to advance by qualifying for the primary time this 12 months, having fallen within the qualifying rounds at each the Australian Open and Wimbledon.  

Former US Open quarter-finalist Diego Schwartzman additionally progressed to the second qualifying spherical following his 7-5, 6-3 win over Andrea Pellegrino. Earlier this 12 months, the Argentine introduced that he’ll retire after the Argentina Open in 2025, making this his ultimate US Open. He faces fellow Argentine Thiago Agustin Tirante within the subsequent spherical.