Jaume Munar defeated Frenchman Luca van Assche, 7-6 (3) and 6-2in a match in the first round of the Marrakech tennis tournament, thus advancing to the Moroccan Open on clay.
In just two hours, Munar eliminated a French rival who beat him in the only precedent between the two on the circuit, which is in the qualifying phase of the New Zealand tournament in Auckland, in January.
At that time, on a surface more suitable for Spanish tennis, he turned the coin and won a very even match in the first set, with two service breaks for each player, which saw Munar save a set point in the twelfth, and that required him to go to the decisive thirteenth.
There, Munar made a huge start, going up 5-0, then 6-1, to close it in his favor on the third ball he had for it.
The second set was balanced until the fourth game, when the Spaniard broke the serve of a Van Assche who did not know how to counter it and even gave up the match with another break of his serve.
Source: La Verdad
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