2023-06-23 14:14:40
Published on June 23, 2023 at 4:14 p.m. – updated on June 23, 2023 at 6:10 p.m. Aurélie Sacchelli
Brilliant winner of Taylor Fritz on Thursday, Adrian Mannarino failed to confirm in the Queen’s quarter-finals, being eliminated in three sets by Alex De Minaur.
Like last week, Adrian Mannarino failed to string together two big performances in a row! Last week at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the French player eliminated Daniil Medvedev in the round of 16 before losing to Jordan Thompson in the next round. This week at Queen’s, at the same stages of the competition, the world No. 46 beat Taylor Fritz, before losing to Alex De Minaur. “Manna” is definitely struggling once morest the Australian players, and he cracked at the end this Friday, losing 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in 2:22 once morest the world No. the fourth time out of five, but the first time on grass.
Mannarino didn’t go far
In the first set, Alex De Minaur got the only two break points of the set, at 2-2, and he converted them. He then signed two shutouts out of three and pocketed the set without shaking. On his way, he took Mannarino’s service at 1-1, but the Frenchman recovered well to unbreak immediately, just before having his left thigh massaged by the physiotherapist. And at 5-4 in his favor, he caused the fault of his opponent (ball in the net) to equalize at one set everywhere. Everything was decided in the last set, where De Minaur broke from the start and then even got two balls from 5-2. This had the gift of stinging the 46th in the world, who managed to pick up at 4-4. Unfortunately, the very next game, he lost his serve once more. The Australian did not ask for so much, and at 5-4, he won the last game at 40-30 on his serve to win his ticket for the semi-finals, where he will be opposed to Lorenzo Musetti or Holger Rune. As for Mannarino, he may harbor regrets because he had the means to win this match, but his week remains positive, with 79 points gleaned which will allow him to gain three places in the next classification. We will find him next week in Mallorca, where he will continue to pursue his good momentum on grass.
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