The French Adrian Mannarino He imposed his experience on the 21-year-old Briton Jack Draperwho suffered the pressure of playing in the first final of his career, and won the ATP 250 tournament title in Sofia (Bulgaria), his third of the season, after winning 7-6 (6), 2-6 and 6-3 .
It was Sofia, who conquered in two hours and seventeen minutes, a new achievement of the year for the 35-year-old Frenchman, who played in his fifteenth finals. He joins the prize-winning Bulgarian event in 2023 achievements in Astana and Newport, and brings the number of tournaments won throughout his career to five. He previously won at Winston Salem and Hertogenbosch.
Quite the opposite is Draper, who is predisposed to inaugurate his record. The Briton showed a good level, holding his strength in the first set, which escaped him in the tiebreaker, and also in the second, which he won with authority.
In the third he was unable to recover the break that Mannarino made in the fifth game and ultimately gave him the win.
Source: La Verdad
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