Barnabas Zapata He achieved an epic victory, including a comeback and after saving two match points against the American Mackenzie McDonald, to reach the second round of the Madrid Masters 1000 for the first time in his career.
The Valencian tennis player, 42 in the ATP ranking, has no titles and has semifinals in Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires his best performance in 2023, he beat the American 3-6, 6-3 and 7-6(4) who was also in the main draw for the first time Mutua Madrid is open.
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It took Zapata two hours and 39 minutes to restore his rival’s initial advantage and seal the victory in question in the tenth game of the third set when McDonald had two chances to seal the win, but the Spaniard avoided it.
However, the Spaniard squandered his first chance when he broke the American’s serve at 6-5 and served to close out the win. He didn’t come because McDonald’s he took Zapata’s serve and took the result to a tie break. There Zapata regained his composure and sealed an epic victory.
Barnabas Zapata will play in the second round against the British Daniel Evans, favorite
The day ended in the men’s draw with Russian Aslan Karatsev’s victory over Serbian Laslo Djere by 7-6(5) and 7-5. Karatsev will face twenty-third seeded Dutchman Botic Van de Zandschulp in the second round.
Source: La Verdad
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