The Russian Daniil Medvedev, who is officially No. 2 today, won his tenth title on Sunday, beating the French Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 6-4 in the final of the Marseille tournament.

"The Frenchman, who has lived and trained on the Côte d'Azur for several years, said he was satisfied with this title which he won almost at home." I come here by car, it takes me two hours, it's almost like playing at home, it's nice, ”he smiled. He had a superb week beating the first Top 5 player of his career, two-time defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas (5th in the world) .

The Russian dominated the first set but was threatened throughout the second set by the always handsome Herbert. Medvedev, increasingly annoyed by the arbitration, mismanaged the end of the tie-break, going from 4-2 in his favor to 7-4 for the Frenchman.

In the third set, the Australian Open finalist was again very solid and ended up winning 5-4 on Herbert's serve, guilty of two big mistakes at the net before be transfixed by the quality return of the Russian.