Tennis: French Mario Vukovic wins the little Aces of Tarbes

Fortunately for the honor, Tristan Ascenzo had made the first game … And then the American adolescent was literally upgraded by the tricolor nugget Mario Vukovic (6-1, 6-0 in 57 minutes), undisputed winner of the 43rd edition of the Small ASs in Tarbes, the 14 -year -old unofficial world championship.

The young French tennis player, ranked 2/6, really walked on the tournament, leaving only crumbs to his opponents over the laps to finish on a real demonstration in his fastest match of the week before a Marseillaise well deserved for the awards ceremony. It’s very simple, time to get started and the Ile-de-France has not missed anything under the encouragement of the Haut-Pyrenean public, who did not have time to doubt …

The licensee of the Tennis Club Coupvray Chessy Val d’Europe, in Seine-et-Marne, succeeds a few renowned compatriots like Richard Gasquet, Paul-Henri Mathieu or Quentin Halys. And put an end to eleven years of scarcity from the coronation of Rayan Roumane in 2014. The young man with a sleeveless t-shirt and the earring savor his perfect week but does not allow himself to be burned by the precocity of success.

“There are players who have done final here and who did not become champions,” he was blowing before entering the central court under the gaze of all of his loved ones (dad, mom, grandfather, brother, aunt). For me that doesn’t mean anything, it’s just a step in my career, but I’m very happy. »»

A great proof of lucidity. The case of Rayane Roumane, its blue-white-red predecessor in the charts, which has never exceeded the 358th place in the world, is there to show him that the path is promising, but that it is still long …