the Spanish tennis player Ferdinand Verdasco116 in the ATP ranking, made his debut this Wednesday at the ATP 250 indoor hard court tournament in Sofia with an important victory over the Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili37 in the world, whom he defeated tightly 7-6 (1) and 7-5 after an hour and 39 minute match.
The 38-year-old veteran Spanish player withstood his rival’s attacks in the first set which had to be decided in a tie-break where Verdasco was more focused and managed to break the Georgian’s serve three times to prevail a clear one. 7-1.
The outcome of the initial set left Basilashvili, struggling to find his tennis at the start of the second set where he quickly found himself 3-0 down. He reacted in time and managed to tie in five games, until in the twelfth service inning, the tennis player from Madrid grabbed his serve and sealed his victory, the third of four encounters between the two, by taking advantage of the first match point he had. .
Verdasco’s opponent in the second round is the Australian Alexander Vukic144 racket on the circuit, beating Italian Fabio Fognini 7-6 (11) and 7-5 on Tuesday.
Source: La Verdad
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