Author the day before of the most resounding victory of his career in three sets against world No.6 Andrey Rublev, Müller, from qualifying, this time did not find the solution. Jarry, a clay court specialist standing at 2.01 m, dominated the exchanges with his serve and his long forehand.
Müller’s Roman fortnight remains largely positive: while he had only won two matches in Masters 1000 up to that point in his career, he beat three players from the world’s top 50 to reach the round of 16, the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (50th), his compatriot Arthur Fils (34th) and Rublev (6th).
Before Roland-Garros (May 26-June 9) for which he received an invitation, the Ile-de-France native, who started tennis at six years old after moving near Aix-en-Provence, will go from 109th to 89th place in the ATP rankings.
“I have no regrets, I tried to do him as much as possible, but he was better than me (…) I gave everything, but in terms of tennis, it’s very complicated to play against these players, we cannot put many things in place,” analyzed Müller (27 years old).
