The French Lucas Poullain and Timo Legout will compete in the singles final of the Faro Open tomorrow, Sunday, the 26th, at 14 pm, at the Centro de Ténis e Padel de Faro.
This will be the second 100% French decision of the weekend at this tennis tournament, after Antoine Hoang and Gregoire Jacq were crowned doubles champions, beating Lucas Poullain and Clement Tabur in the final
Lucas Poullain did not win the doubles final, but will be able to play in the singles final. The current 849th ranked player in the world fought for 2h29 before overcoming the North American Martim Damm (446th) by 2-6, 7-5 and 7-5.
′′ To move forward, Poullain needed to be patient and wait for the right moment to start making a dent in the service of the 19-year-old American, who was the key hit of the first match. With more solutions on the bottom line, despite not being a player who seeks to have the initiative, the 27-year-old Frenchman kept calm, raised the quality of the response and after having wasted his first break point of the match in the game opening of the second match, he returned to attack at 5-6, when Damm accused the pressure and “delivered” the set with a double fault», according to the organization.
The decisive partial had different contours: Damm was the first player to create break opportunities (two at 3-2), Poullain made the break in white right after (at 3-3) and served for the victory at 5-4, but lost the advantage after having disposed of the first game ball. However, a catastrophic service game by the American (with two double faults in between) offered the Frenchman a new opportunity, this one not wasted.
finalist of Faro Open in 2021, Lucas Poullain will have another opportunity to become champion of the Algarve tournament, he who made his debut winning tournaments on the international circuit precisely in Portugal (Sintra 2019).
Timo Legout (494th), on the other hand, resolved their encounter in two games by overcoming Czech Michael Vrbensky (364th in the world table and seventh seed) by 6-4 and 6-3.
«The difference in the first match was made with a break in the opening game, but it could even have been extended, as Legout created three opportunities to break to 5-3 in the service of Vrbensky. In the second half Legout was again the first player to go ahead, but the immediate response of the Czech opponent forced him to a new attack», describes the organization.
Timo Legout's campaign began with a match point save against Vilius Gaubas and will end with his fifth career final in ITF tournaments.
As for the pair competition, victory in the Faro Open translated into the 19th career title for Antoine Hoang and the 17th for Gregoire Jacq. Already as partners, this was the fourth occasion on which the French celebrated side by side.
O Faro Open is a USD 25.000 international tournament organized by the Centro de Ténis e Padel de Faro with the support of the City Council of Faro and the Portuguese Tennis Federation.
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