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Mikael Ymer - Pablo Carreno-Busta
Mikael Ymer continued his excellent run of form in ATP Tour events with a superb straight-set win over the dangerous Jan Lennard Struff in the first round of ATP Metz. The big-serving German created more breakpoint chances in the match, but the Swede performed better in big points to seal the win, 7-5 6-3.
The talented 23-year-old had never played a quarterfinal match on the main tour before 2021, but he is now a win away from making his fourth consecutive quarterfinal appearance in ATP Tour events — quarterfinalist in Gstaad and Kitzbuhel and runner-up in Winston Salem last month.
World #75 won an impressive 15 matches and two Challenger titles (both in France) on indoor hard courts during his breakthrough season in 2019. However, he couldn't even win consecutive matches on the surface in the following 20 months or so.
Former Junior #3 made it to the second round in a couple of French indoor events in Montpellier and Marseille last year and lost both of those matches in straight sets against Filip Krajinovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas (second seed), 1-6 1-6, and 1-6 3-6, respectively.
Pablo Carreno Busta is seeded #2 and given a bye in the first round as he makes his third appearance in Metz. He failed to win a match during his debut campaign here in 2015 but did well to reach the quarterfinal in the recent edition in 2019, defeating Julian Lenz and David Goffin in straight sets.
The reigning ATP Hamburg and Marbella champion's run of four consecutive quarterfinal (or better) appearances on the main tour ended at the US Open a few weeks ago, where he squandered a two-set lead and suffered a demoralizing defeat at the hands of Maxime Cressy in the first round.
World #16 has gone 32/31 on indoor hard courts so far in his successful career and hasn't played a match on the surface since losing to compatriot Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinal of Paris Masters last year.
Head-to-head: 0-0. Pablo Carreno Busta is by far the solid and consistent player of these two, but he still needs to be at the top of his game to overcome this tricky test against the in-form Mikael Ymer.