He Toronto Masters 1000 The most bitter face of tension came to life this Tuesday. If on Monday it was Milos Raonic who gave the big surprise by losing, against everyone, Frances Tiafoe, on the second day the leadership fell to Felix Auger-Aliassime, and not exactly for something good.
The young Canadian player compounded his deep crisis of play and results and fell heavily (6-4, 6-4) on his debut against Australian Max Purcellwhich comes from the previous stage.
In other matches of the day, the Danish Casper Ruud (5) eliminated Czech Jiri Lehecka (36) in two sets, 7-6(6) and 6-4.
Shortly before, Bernabé Zapata (64) fell in two sets, 7-6(1) and 6-4 in one hour and 31 minutes against American Ben Shelton (41). that on Wednesday he will face world number one, Carlos Alcaraz, on the center court of Sobeys Stadium in Toronto.
Zapata did not know how to materialize the opportunities that the American offered him in the first setwhere he broke his rival’s serve on several occasions and reached 5-3 on the scoreboard.
But Shelton, with a strong first serve, neutralized the advantage de Zapata and easily took the set in the tie-break.
The day started with the victory of Andy Murray (40) against the Italian Lorenzo Sonego (39) in two hours and nine minutes by 7-6(3) and 6-0 in a match marked by strong gusts of wind.
Murray, who in 2016 reached number one in the world rankings, acknowledged that the wind did not make any player happy in the game.
“It was really stormy, with changes of direction at points and we knew it was going to be uncomfortable.“, the Briton declared after the match, also acknowledging that after the first set, Sonego lost focus and made his victory easier.
The victory would allow Murray to overtake Sonego in the world rankings.
while, Zverev (16) needed an hour and 45 minutes to eliminate the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor (26) of 6-4 and 7-6(3).
Zverev also complained about the wind and said he expected the weather to improve in the next few hours. The German will face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (37) in the next round, who defeated American JJ Wolf on Monday.
In addition to Purcell, two other Australians provided surprises. Alex de Minaur (18) defeated British Cameron Norrie (13) 7-5, 6-4 and Aleksandar Vukic (62) defeated Croatian Borna Coric (15) 6-2, 6-3.
Another Canadian Gabriel Diallo (141) defeated British Daniel Evans (21) 7-6(4) and 7-5. In addition, Marcos Giron (70), from the United States, defeated Finn Emil Ruusuvuori (54) 7-6(4) and 7-6(6) and American Mackenzie McDonald (59) defeated Russian Aslan Karatsev ( 71). ) by 6-3 and 6-4.
For his part, the Argentine Tomás Martín Etcheverry (31) lost in two sets, 6-3 and 6-2, against American Sebastian Korda (32).
Although the Argentine made five straight service points, the match was complicated by the number of errors he committed on the first serve. Etcheverry committed three double faults and was only able to land 55% of first serves to Korda’s 74%.
Another representative of South America, the Chilean Nicolás Jarry (27) was eliminated from the competition by the French Ugo Humbert (34) in three sets, 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4.
Source: La Verdad
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