"It was incredible" says Hugo Gaston on win over Alcaraz

Hugo Gaston scored a huge win at the Paris Masters over Carlos Alcaraz and the match featured two tremendous comebacks by the French.

It was a spectacular atmosphere in the Bercy Arena in Paris during the match between Hugo Gaston and Carlos Alcaraz. The players stepped out about an hour before midnight local time and delivered a spectacular match. Alcaraz was up 4-2 in the first set and 5-0 in the 2nd set but lost both of them. In the first Gaston turned it around with 6-4 and in the 2nd with 7-5.

After the match the Frenchman said:

“I was drifting off at that point, and he started to have a letdown, as well. He made a lot of mistakes, because I managed to have fast balls, slow balls, to have high balls. He started to lose his groove, and I stayed focused. This is why I managed to overturn the match in my favour.”

One of the reasons why Gaston was able to complete the comeback was the crowd. The French crowd created a maddening atmosphere and the moment clearly impacted Alcaraz who at times looked very confused as to what was going on.

On that Gaston said:

“[The atmosphere] was incredible. Honestly, I have been playing tennis for this. It was actually incredible. It was really wonderful to live this match with them. I actually won because they supported me from beginning to the end even when I had a letdown during the first or the second set, they were always cheering me. It’s incredible to have such a great public.”