Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (34th) dominated Monday evening in the first round the French Arthur Fils (63rd) in four sets (6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3). At the end of the meeting, the Spanish player was extremely complimentary about the 18-year-old Habs who won his first tournament on the professional circuit last week.
“Arthur Fils is a great young player, he is very good. He has a lot of confidence after winning at Lyon last week. It is certain that he will become the best player in the world, ”said the winner just after his victory on the Simonne-Matthieu court at the start of the evening.
It is sure that it is a somewhat complicated match. I missed the first one a bit, while he was doing a very good first. There were a lot of differences in level in this match. He played very well. He had a very good game. He is by far the best player I have played on earth since the start of the season.
“It is sure that it is a somewhat complicated match. I missed the first one a bit, while he was doing a very good first. There were a lot of differences in level in this match. He played very well. He had a very good game. He is by far the best player I have played on earth since the start of the season”, for his part, reacted the Frenchman before adding. “But I was not excellent. I didn’t have a good game. I was pretty average on everything I tried. But that’s okay, it’s experience. That’s a shame. I miss the third a little too, 4-0 directly, it goes quickly. End of the fourth too, it’s going fast again. A lot of things to take away from this game.”
