First to enter the competition this Wednesday, the young Luca Van Assche, 19 years old and 68th player in the world, was beaten 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 by Emil Ruusuvuori, 55th in the ATP ranking. Opposed to the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime, seeded N.7 in Marseille and 28th player in the world, Quentin Halys (101st in the ATP) lost in two sets, 6-2, 7-5.
In the next round, Auger-Aliassime will face the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang. Ruusuvuori will play against the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Three French people will also have the opportunity to qualify for the quarter-finals: Arthur Rinderknech, who will face Jiri Lehecka on Thursday, and the two (H)Ugo, Humbert and Gaston, who will face each other at the end of the day for a place in the quarter-finals. final against Emil Ruusuvuori or Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.