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Ugo Humbert Pulls Out of Davis Cup Tie with France to Focus on Upcoming Indoor Tournaments

Ugo Humbert will skip France's Davis Cup tie against Slovakia to focus on indoor ATP tournaments where he has won four titles, aiming to improve early-season performance.

  • Next month, Ugo Humbert withdrew from France's Davis Cup tie, skipping the first-round home qualifier against Slovakia on Feb. 7-8 to prioritize tour events, Humbert said.
  • With indoor events looming next month, Ugo Humbert said he is prioritizing Montpellier and Rotterdam, citing his strong record on indoor hard courts.
  • Posting on Instagram Saturday, Ugo Humbert said he would skip the Davis Cup tie after discussing with his team following his Australian Open loss to Ben Shelton.
  • Framed as season planning, Ugo Humbert, France tennis player, said the move helps tackle the season's opening and maintain his goals at No. 33 ranking.
  • The ATP calendar transitions from indoor to outdoor events next month, with Humbert’s four of his seven career ATP titles indoors highlighting his focus on Montpellier and Rotterdam before Doha and Dubai.
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Ugo Humbert pulls out of Davis Cup tie with France to focus on upcoming indoor tournaments

Ugo Humbert has pulled out of playing for France in a Davis Cup match next month to prioritize upcoming tournaments.

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The French player, recently eliminated in Australia, made the decision to withdraw from the match against Slovakia in order to give priority to his preparation for the upcoming tournaments on hard indoor. Ugo Humbert will not defend the tricolor colours in the first qualifying round of the Davis Cup. The tennisman informed [...] The article Ugo Humbert spends his season before the Davis Cup appeared first on Le Singulier.

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The Messin prefers to give up the first round of the Davis Cup with the Blues in early February to play the ATP 250 in Montpellier and "focus on the next tournaments, especially those on hard indoors".

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