Pablo Llamas Ruiz from Jerez, 21 years old and number 156 in the world, surprised veteran French tennis player Richard Gasquet this Tuesday37, in the round of 32 of the Montpellier tournament, where he defeated him tightly 7-6 (6) and 7-5 after almost two hours of play.
The Frenchman started the better, leading 3-0 early on after breaking his rival’s serve.who reacted until they leveled at four and kept their balance until the tie break, where they also had to come back to win the first set, as they started with a 4-1 disadvantage which they raised until they added 8- 6 in their favor in sudden death.
The inertia of the Andalusian tennis player allowed him to win the first three games of the second set although the starting script was repeated and Gasquet was able to equalize in five. The Beziers player had a few more break balls to take the lead, although Llamas saved them and won the next two games to close out the match by 7-5 which he added by taking advantage of his first match point .
His opponent in the round of 16 is the Danish Holger Runefirst seed in Montpellier.
Source: La Verdad
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