Roberto Bautista fell for the French boy Arthur Philsinvited by the contest organization of montpellierand said goodbye to the French competition, where Alejandro Davidovich thrived.
Baptist He didn’t have the ability to react to stop the drive and initiative of Fils, 18, who is settled at number 163 on the ATP, who has no outstanding results so far in his career and has yet to play.
Phils won by 6-3 and 6-4 less than an hour and a half and will have as a rival in the quarterfinals the winner of the rivalry between the Spaniards Alexander Davidovichwho advanced to the second round due to the abandonment of the Frenchman Ugo Humbert, and the Frenchman Quentin Hayes.
Humbert He retired at the end of the second set, with the match tied, injuring his right leg from a fall. The Frenchman won the first set by 6-1 and the Spaniard achieved the second by 7-6(2). The local tennis player, who suffered a fall in the ‘tie break’, found himself in no position to play another set and exited the competition.
Italian is also among the eight best Jannik Sinnersecond favorite, due to the absence of his rival, the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, who was suffering from an ailment in his left foot a few hours before the game.
Sinner will play in the quarterfinals against the winner of the match between his compatriot Lorenzo Sonego and Serbian Filip Krajinovic.
Previously, the Finnish Emil Rusuoriseeded seventh, defeated Swede Mikael Ymer 6-4, 6-0, and will face the American Maxime Cressy in the second round.
The day ended with another local player winning, Gregoire Barrere, against sixth seed, Kazakh Alexander Bublik, 6-4, 6-7 (12) and 7-6 (3). In the second round he will play against the Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili.
Source: La Verdad
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