Lucas Pouille will play in his third ATP World Tour final of the season on Sunday after ousting countryman Benoit Paire 7-6(5), 7-5 during the MercedesCup semi-finals in Stuttgart on Saturday. The 23-year-old Pouille hit 13 aces and saved both break points to advance to his fifth ATP World Tour final. “I played great. I think it was a very tough match,” Pouille said. “In the important points, I was very, very solid.” [ALSO LIKE] He is 2-2 in title matches for his career and 1-1 this season. Pouille beat Brit Aljaz Bedene on clay in April to win the inaugural Gazprom Hungarian Open in Budapest. The Frenchman fell to countryman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during the Open 13 Marseille title match...
It’s rare enough to win a match after saving match point, but Lucas Pouille did this in truly thrilling fashion against Jan-Lennard Struff on Wednesday at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart. Pouille squandered two match points trying to serve out the contest at 6-5 in the deciding set, and another pair at 6/5 and 7/6 in the final-set tie-break. With Struff serving at 8/7, the Frenchman tracked down a brilliant drop shot and then flicked back two reflex volleys. He was so close to the net that he had to be careful not to break the plane of it, but the second volley was a clean winner that brought the crowd to their feet. Pouille used that momentum to power...
Have you ever seen a match point saved in circumstances like this? Lucas Pouille staves off match point against Jan-Lennard Struff in a dramatic third-set tie-break in Stuttgart. Video courtesy MercedesCup.
Have you ever seen a match point saved in circumstances like this? Lucas Pouille staves off match point against Jan-Lennard Struff in a dramatic third-set tie-break in Stuttgart. Video courtesy MercedesCup.
