The Spanish tennis player Roberto Bautista (n.102 ATP) the tournament began Marseille (France) on the right leg after winning the first round duel against the local team Richard Gasquet in two sets (6-3 and 7-5).
The former world number 9 (2019), who has experienced a steady decline in recent years and until Monday afternoon had gone through a streak of three consecutive losses, his win in just over an hour.
The Frenchman, number 131 in the ATP ranking, gave up his serve in the sixth game of the match, enough for Bautista to take the first set, 6-3.
In the second set, although Gasquet was more consistent, he made the same mistake again, leading the player from Castellón to win 7-5 and seal his place in the round of 16, a round where he will face the third seed. series, the russian Karen Khachanov.
In other ATP tournaments of the week, that of Córdoba Argentina)on clay, the Balearic Islands Jaume Munar beat the Colombian Daniel Galan (6-2, 6-4) and will face the first draw favorite, the local tennis player, in the round of 16 Francisco Cerundolo.
ATP results
1st round
Marseille ATP (hard indoor)
Musetti (Ita) over Marterer (Ale), 6-4, 6-2
Bautista (ESP) over Gasquet (Fra), 6-3, 7-5
The
Córdoba ATP (dirt)
Munar (ESP) over Galán (Col), 6-2, 6-4
Source: La Verdad
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