Fernando Verdasco managed, not without some difficulties, to pass the first round of Open Castilla and León by defeating the French Dan added in three sets and more than two hours of intense match they had to come back after giving up in the first round: 6-7 (4), 6-1 and 6-4.
From the beginning of the match, the player from Madrid had several chances to break the French tennis player’s serve, but he was unable to win decisive points, taking the first round even until sudden death Added had more success to win 7-4.
Verdasco’s reaction was brilliant in the second set, which he finished on a fast track with 6-1 that put him in a good position to attack in the third set, which started on a more positive note for the Spaniard, with a break in the first game which he managed to hold until the end.
In addition, the young tennis player from Cádiz Paul Flames got past the first round of the Open by losing to Madrid Michael Damas in two sets.
Damas paid for the effort he put in to enter the final draw from the first and succumb to an opponent who is emerging as one of the sensations of the tournament.
The tournament was also left without its winner in the 2022 edition, Hugo Grenierto come to the thorn as the second seed, but where an injury prevented him from finishing his match against the Czech Dominik Palan.
In the Women’s ITF, the Spaniards Paula Arias and Guiomar Maristany They got through the round by showing superiority over their rivals, with defeats for the national team of Pilar Astigarraga, Carolina Gómez and Lucía Linares after a marathon day of matches at the Pedro Muñoz Sports Complex that culminated in Eva Guerrero’s long-suffering victory over Russian Gureva.
Results
1st round
MALE CHALLENGER
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) beat Dan Added (FRA) 6/7(4), 6/1 and 6/4
David Jordá (ESP) defeated Emilio Nava (USA) 7/6(4) and 7/5
Ryan Peniston (GBR) defeated Mattia Bellucci (ITA) 6/4 and 6/4
Terence Atmane (FRA) defeated Steven Díez (CAN) 6/3 and 6/3
Juan Pablo Ficovich (ARG) defeated Antoine Bellier (SUI) 7/6(2) and 6/4
Mark Lajal (EST) beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 6/4 and 7/6(4)
Dominik Palan (CZE) beat Hugo Grenier (FRA) 6/4, 4/1 and RET
Pablo Llamas (ESP) defeated Miguel Damas (ESP) 7/6(4) and 6/3
Nicolás Mejía (COL) beat Adriá Soriano (COL) 3/6, 6/2 and 6/1
Marton Fucsovics (HUN) beat Michael Geerts (BEL) 6/3 and 6/2
Nicolás Moreno (USA) defeated Alejandro Moro (ESP) 6/4 and 6/2
Antoine Escoffier (FRA) beat Iñaki Montes (ESP) 7/5 and 6/2
Terence Atmane (FRA) defeated Steven Díez (CAN) 6/3 and 6/3
Edas Butvilas (LTU) beat Elmar Ejupovic (GER) 6/3 and 7/6(1)
Cem Ikel (TUR) defeated Gonçalo Oliveira (POR) 7/6(6) and 7/6(5)
Ricardas Berankis (LTU) beat George Lofhagen (GBR) 3/6, 6/4 and 7/6 (5)
ITF WOMEN
Lucía Peyre (ARG) defeated Diana Marcinkevica (LET) 6/2 and 7/5
Polina Iatcenko defeated Alina Charaeva 6/2 and 6/3
Paula Arias (ESP) defeated Pilar Astigarraga (ESP) 6/0 and 6/1
Guiomar Maristany (ESP) defeated Daria Khomutsianskaya 6/3 and 6/2
Ena Shibahara (JPN) defeated Rasheeda McAdoo (USA) 6/3 and 7/6(5)
María Bondarenko beat Carolina Gómez (ESP) 6/0 and 6/4
Ana Sofía Sánchez (MEX) beat Justina Mikulskyte (LTU) 6/3 and 6/1
Mihaela Djakovic (SRB) beat Lucía Linares (ESP) 6/0 and 6/3
Ekaterina Reyngold beat Rihann Newborn (USA) 6/1 and 6/1
Amandine Monnot (FRA) beat Raquel González (ESP) 6/3 and 6/1
Eva Guerrero (ESP) defeated Anastasia Gureva 3/6, 6/4 and 6/4
Source: La Verdad
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