the Spanish tennis player James Munar He suffered this Tuesday to come back and beat the Dutchman Tim Van Rijthoven 6-7 (7), 6-4 and 7-6 (4) in almost three hours of play, in the first round of the Belgian tournament in Antwerp, indoors on the hard court in the ATP 250 category.
The Balearic player, number 55 in the world, had to deal with the first hurdle of the match before starting its play, after his scheduled rival, the British Andy Murraydecided to leave the tournament at the last minute by his own decision, citing the breakdown of the final weeks of the competition as the reason for his resignation.
With the world number 46 out of action, Munar faced a Van Rijthoven who had just survived from the previous stage of the tournament, and proposed an even and tough fight, exchanging blows, which allowed him to get the first sleeve in the tiebreaker game, where he struggled to save up to two match points to earn it.
The Spaniard, yes, reacted on time in the second set, where a service break at the moment it started allowed him to manage the time of the sleeve and close it without much shock.
In the final set, parity and nerves were again the dominant trends, leading Munar to another tiebreak game against 113 in the ATP rankings.
Finally, after a very tight tiebreaker set, a service break gave the 25-year-old Spaniard the minimum advantage to win the match.
Munar, who just lost in Gijón against American Sebastian Korda, now has to face the winner of the match between Japan in the round of 16 in Belgium. Yoshihito Nishioka and the French Luca Van Assche.
Source: La Verdad
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