Krajinovic defeated Tiafoe on his debut in Rome and met Rublev

the serbian Filip Krajinovic defeated American Frances Tiafoe in the first round of the Masters 1,000 in Rome 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4) and will face Russian Andrey Rublev in the second round.

The first surprise of the Roma tournament came at the hands of Krajinovic, number 52 in the world, in the first match of the men’s main draw. The Serbian dropped Tiafoe, number 25 in the ranking and favorite to pass the round, in the first change.

After more than two hours of fighting between the two, Krajinovic insisted on his powerful punches and recovered from American dropshots that, despite the good game, were a bit more irregular in the fight.

Rublev awaits him in the second roundseeded sixth in the tournament.

In the women’s category, the main draw will begin this Monday. Nuria Párrizas and Cristina Bucsa were not presentwho fell in their respective battles, corresponding to the latter part of the qualifying phase.

Párrizas, number 52 in the world, did not beat Serbian Kaka Juvannumber 82, who returned from the match and sealed a 2-1 scoreline (6-1, 6-7 (2) and 4-6) to prove his presence in the tournament in the Roman capital.

The Español faltered after beating his rival in the first set and did not show his best version in the next two sets, which were more equal, but favored the Serbian.

For its part, Cristina Bucsa defeated Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk 2-1 (6-1, 5-7 and 6-3) after two hours of fighting.

Bucsa, number 131 in the world, lost a total of eight services to five Ukrainian, number 60, who used his success on serve to sweep the first set and comfortably win the third. The second set was won by Bucsa after an intense 5-7 that opened the doors to the third set tiebreaker, although he did not catch up with his rival.

Garbiñe Muguruza, Paula Badosa and Sara Sorribes were the only Spanish representatives in the main draw. its Masters 1,000 in Rome that began this Sunday and will end on May 15.