After the elimination of French leaders Ugo Humbert and Adrian Mannarino on Wednesday on the clay court of Lyon, Arthur Rinderknech defeated the American Frances Tiafoe, seeded N.5, in two sets 7-6 (7), 6 -4. He will face Adrian Mannarino’s slayer, Luciano Darderi, in the quarter-finals. Recent winner of Gaël Monfils at the end of April in the first round of the Masters 1000 in Madrid, the Italian is 47th in the ATP rankings.
The young Lyonnais Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (117th) qualified without playing for the quarter-finals, scheduled for Thursday, after the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka withdrew due to illness.
For a place in the semi-final, he will face his compatriot Hugo Gaston (104th), from the qualifications, who defeated the Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo (23rd), seeded N.4, at the start of the evening, in three sets 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.
“It’s going well but it was a very strange match, a bad match on both sides but I managed to be a little more solid, to make fewer mistakes and to tighten the game a little more at the end of the match. 3rd set,” he said. “I’m happy to play an extra match here but I’ll have to be good if I want to beat Giovanni on Thursday,” he added.