Roberto Bautista started the main draw of the Estoril Open on Monday with a victory over Serbian Miomir Kecmanoviclast year’s finalist and sixth seed, on a day where Alejandro Davidovich announced his resignation from the tournament due to tooth infection.
The tennis player from Castellón, 93rd in the world ranking, He beat Kecmanovicnumber 50 and who is considered one of the favorites to win the Portuguese clay court tournament, in two sets, 6-1 and 7-5, in 1 hour and 24 minutes.
Bautista advanced to the next round, where must face the winner of the match between Pedro Martínez (77th) and Daniel Altmaier (54th).
The 2021 winner, Albert Ramos-Viñolas (105th), the other representative of Spain in the main tennis competition in Portugal, after the retirement of Alejandro Davidovich (29th).
Davidovich, from Malaga of Russian descent, withdrew from the tournament due to a tooth infectionas announced this Monday by the organization, and his place in the next round goes to Frenchman Richard Gasquet (122nd).
The ninth edition of the Estoril Open began on March 30 and will end on April 7.
Source: La Verdad
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