The main draw of the ATP Somotursa Maspalomas Challenger 2022 already has the qualifiers for the round of 16. It is the seeded Serbian Dusan Lajovic and the number 3 in the tournament, the Czech Vit Kopriva, the players Adrian Andreev, Lorenzo Giustino, Lukas Neumayer, Michael Geerts, Timo Stodder, Titouan Droguet, Gian Marco Moroni, Steven Diez and Moez Echargui, and Spanish tennis players Imanol López Morillo, Alejandro Moro, Pablo Llamas and Oriol Roca, along with Iñaki Cabrera Bello from Gran Canaria, the only islander in the draw.
On the center court, all eyes are on the match between the number 1 in the tournament, the Serbian Dusan Lajovic and the Russian player Andrey Chepelev. Amazingly, the seeded man took the victory by 6/3 6/4 before a large crowd gathered in the stands. Czech Vit Kopriva qualified after the withdrawal of Andalusian Javier Barranco, with Kopriva winning the first set 6/2.
The most contested match of the day was led by the Italian Gian Marco Moroni and the German Rudolf Molleker. Almost three hours of meeting and tennis at the highest level settled in favor of the Italian by 6/4 3/6 7/6(4). Maximum expectation is also in the match between the German Timo Stodder and the Ukrainian Eric Vanshelboim, a player from the previous stage that was not easy for the German. Victory for Stodder by 7/6(2) 6(8)/7 6/1.
The confrontation between Imanol López Morillo and Dutchman Robin Haase was also amazing in the center court. The player from the Netherlands, number 261 in the ATP ranking, started by winning the first set 3-6, but the Spaniard, number 586 in the ATP, turned the game around to win the second and third sets by 6 /4 6/3 with standing ovations. Another big surprise of the day was provided by Pablo Llamas Ruiz from Jerez, who beat Pole Daniel Michalski 6/1 6/4.
With the victory of the French couple Arripage-Droguet today began the first round of 16 matches of the doubles draw, which will continue tomorrow Wednesday with the debut of David Vega from Gran Canaria. Tomorrow the first singles round of 16 matches is scheduled to be played starting at 9:30 am. All matches will be held at Club Conde Jackson Maspalomas with free entry.
Source: La Verdad
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