The young Spanish tennis player Paul Flameswho entered the main draw from the previous stage, advanced to the first round of the tournament on Tuesday Lyon ATP 250 (France) by defeating the Australian in three sets Max Purcellnumber 67 in the world.
In his first top-tier tournament, the 20-year-old Llamas, ranked 240, defeated Purcell by 6-4, 6-7(6) and 6-1 to meet in the round of 16 with the first seed and tenth player of the ATP, the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Argentines Francisco Cerúndolo (4), Sebastián Báez (6) and Pedro Cachín also made it through Tuesday’s first round, respectively against Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas, who withdrew due to physical discomfort after losing 6-2 in the first round; the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (6-4 and 7-6 (5)) and the French Gaël Monfils (2-6, 6-3 and 6-4). Cachín and Báez face each other in the round of 16.
Eliminated, directly in the round of 16, the fifth favorite, the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic, by 6-4 and 7-5 at the hands of the British Jack Draper, who returned to the slopes after being absent due to injury in the Masters 1,000 in Madrid and Rome.
Source: La Verdad
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