Toulouse. Louis Wessels: guaranteed suspense!
Yesterday in quarters, he won a new fight of more than two hours.
“Honestly, for the moment, I have no desire to think about my next match. There, I just want to recover well (smile).” Three matches, three victories and, above all, more than eight hours spent on the clay courts of the Sept-Deniers: without a doubt, with the German Louis Wessels (294th in the world), you won’t get bored at the Toulouse International!
Here are the details of his three suspenseful outings: 2h29′ in the first round (6-3, 2-6, 7-5) against the Swiss Johan Nikles (274th), 2h31′ in the 8th (6-7, 6-2, 6-3) against the Lebanese Benjamin Hassan (293rd) and 3h09′ yesterday in the quarterfinals (7-6, 2-6, 7-6) ahead of the Argentinian Marco Trungelliti (179th). An obstacle course which offers him his first semi-final on the Challenger circuit with the Belgian Kimmer Coppejans (292nd) on the menu today who has only conceded four games in his last two rounds. This will also be the first confrontation between the two players. “I had failed several times at the quarter-final stage on Challengers. So, yes, it’s a satisfaction to finally have my first semi-final in this category of tournaments. But I don’t want to stop there (laughs)”, indicated the German who has eight titles to his name (five on the ITF circuit and three on the former Futures circuit).
An average of 72% points won on his first ball
With his 1m98 and 90 kg, the 24-year-old player, ranked 267th in July (his best ranking so far), should once again be able to rely on his quality of service today. “Against this Argentinian, yes, I got out of it thanks in particular to good first balls”, he confirmed when he left the court before going quickly to sit down in the shade. the start of the event, he has since posted an average of 72% points won on his first ball. “But it’s not just the service that allowed me to impose myself once again at the end of a marathon. In life, I’m a relaxed person. Of course, in tournaments, it’s not “is not always easy to apply (smile). But in this quarter, I think I was still quite solid mentally. In addition, I particularly like clay. And here, there is a really good atmosphere”, he continued.
“I had a fever of 40 two weeks ago”
Before landing in the Pink City, the German remained on an entry elimination at the ITF tournament in Caslano (Switzerland) when he was seeded N.1. “But, above all, I had a fever of 40 two weeks ago. In this context, it’s not easy to have to string together three matches lasting more than two hours. In addition, on my first two laps, it was very hot However, it reassures me to see that I manage to go the distance”, he explained.
Earlier, in case of new success, the native of Bielefeld will face tomorrow in the final the winner of the Franco-French duel between Titouan Droguet (465th) and Maxime Janvier (343rd). Two players he has never crossed paths with.