Arthur Cazaux wins first victory of his season and qualifies for second round in Adelaide

L'Héraultais s'est donné le droit d'affronter Félix Auger-Aliassime au prochain tour. EPA – YOAN VALAT

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Arthur Cazaux (80e mondial) s’est qualifié pour le deuxième tour de tournoi ATP 250 d’Adelaïde, grâce à sa première victoire de la saison, mardi 7 janvier en Australie.

This time, his season is launched: Arthur Cazaux won his first match of the year on the main circuit by beating the American qualifier, Adam Walton (91st in the world) in two sets, 7-5, 6-1, during the first round of the ATP 250 in Adelaide.

In the second Australian tournament, the Montpellier player (80th) will face a tough opponent, with the No. 5 seed, the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime, No. 29 in the world and exempt from the first round. This will be the second confrontation between the two men, after their duel won by F2A in the second round of Montpellier, a year ago (7-5, 2-6, 7-6 [4]).

Bonzi has a good chance of seeing the quarters

On the French side, the nice surprise came from the repechage Manuel Guinard (world number 261), winner of the world number 62, the Russian Roman Safiullin despite the loss of the first set, finally winning [4] 6-7, 6-2, 6-1.

After going through the qualifications, Benjamin Bonzi was directly qualified for the second round of the Adelaide tournament, benefiting from the withdrawal of the seed seeded No. 4, Jiri Lehecka. He will have a real chance of reaching the quarter-finals, since he will face the Australian Li Tu (179th) in his second round.