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250Hard·Final·1h 56m
250Hard·Final·1h 56mMoise Kouame defeated Lorenzo Sonego 7(7)-6(2), 6-4 — Lyon Open 2026 R32.
Lorenzo Sonego and Moise Kouame: Moise Kouame leads 1–0 across 1 recorded meeting.
Moise Kouame, a 17-year-old French wild card ranked ATP No. 201, reached the Lyon Open round of 16 with a 7-6(2), 6-4 win over Lorenzo Sonego. The betting market had made Sonego, ranked ATP No. 87, a 59 percent favorite. Sonego had more chances on return but converted none of them. Neither player was broken in the first set. Sonego earned three break points in that set to Kouame's one, and he failed to convert any of them before Kouame won the tiebreak 7-2. Over the match, Sonego went 0-for-5 on break points and Kouame held all 11 of his service games. The second set came down to one break. Kouame broke in the seventh game to lead 4-3, which was his only conversion from two chances, and he held his remaining service games to close out the set. The largest gap was in errors. Sonego made 30 unforced errors to Kouame's 13, including 14 to four in the second set. The two players hit a similar number of winners (24 for Sonego, 23 for Kouame). Kouame also won 12 of his 14 points at the net. Kouame started the season ranked 393rd. His next opponent in the round of 16 is Lorenzo Musetti, then ATP No. 25.