Jaume Munar (no.63 ATP) bid farewell to the Lyon tournament when he lost, in the first round, to American Frances Tiafoe (no.26)who won 7-6 (5) and 6-4 in the resumption of the match that was stopped on Monday due to rain, and lasted one hour and 40 minutes.
Tiafoe, with this victory, broke a negative streak of three matches that he played, and lost, together with Munar, in which he also did not win a set.
The match, which the North American was leading (4-3) when rain forced a break on Monday, resumed on Tuesday with a break of Tiafoe’s serve, which the Spaniard quickly repaid.
In the ensuing ‘sudden death’, Munar dominated with 4-2, but four consecutive points from Tiafoe They made things very favorable for him to score the first set on the second ball he could use for it.
The second set went to the American side when he took Munar’s serve in the third game. Then, it was enough for him to hold his serve to advance to the second round.
Source: La Verdad
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