VILLENA, October 7, 2023
Hugo Grenier and Constant Lestienne will compete in an-all French final of at the Alicante Ferrero Challenger. Grenier rallied past Dennis Novak of Austria 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the stage of the last four on Saturday. The World No. 213 struck 12 aces and won 68 per cent of his first-service points to succeed in two hours and 17 minutes.
Lestienne defeated No. 6 seed Maximilian Marterer from Germany 7-6(3), 6-4. The top-ranked player of the €118,000 ATP Challenger Tour hard-court event in Villena, Spain capitalized on two of his five break-point chances to advance in one hour and 37 minutes.
What a tennis level 4 semifinalists have demonstrated 🔥
Bravo! 👏🏻#atpchallenger pic.twitter.com/uT03VyUzZp
— JC Ferrero Tennis Academy (@EqueliteFerrero) October 7, 2023
The two Frenchmen will meet for the first time. Grenier is bidding for his sixth Challenger career crown, his third of the season following his two triumphs in Spain in Les Franqueses de Valles and Pozoblanco. The 107th-ranked Lestienne could lift his ninth Challenger trophy. He also won two titles this year in Stanford, United States and Saint Tropez, France.
