Argentine tennis player Francisco Cerundolo He said goodbye this Monday in his first game of Cincinnati Masters 1,000while Spanish Jaume Munar He made it through the previous rounds and will go into the main draw.
Cerundolo (n.28) did not have her day and lost against Russian Karen Khachanov (n.22) 6-0 and 6-3 in one hour and 4 minutes. “I played very badly, idiot. Good for you, good for you,” the Argentine acknowledged on the net when congratulating Khachanov.
The Russian is a rival who has increasingly choked Cerúndolo, having lost all six of his fights – including this one in Cincinnati – against Khachanov. All of those losses came in the Masters 1,000 and four of them occurred in 2024.
Apart from Cerúndolo-Khachanov there was only one other first-round duel in the men’s draw on Monday and it ended in a surprise since Flavio Cobolli (n.31) fired the American Tommy Paul (n.13) by 6-2, 4-6 and 7-5 in two hours and 6 minutes.
In previous rounds, Munar (n.89) defeated the Italian Lorenzo Sonego (n.56) by 6-3, 3-6 and 6-2 in two hours and 4 minutes. The Spaniard will face British Jack Draper (no.27) in the first round.
His compatriots were not as lucky. Jessica Bouzas (n.77), who lost to the Polish Magdalena Frech (n.50) by 6-1 and 6-4 in one hour and 33 minutes.
In all of this, the Spanish delegation in Cincinnati, the last major event of the ATP and the WTA before the United States Open that starts in a few weeks, will consist of Carlos Alcaraz (n.3), Alejandro Davidovich ( n. 53), Pablo Carreño (n.513 with protected rank), the aforementioned Munar and Paula Badosa (n.40) as the only representative in the women’s group.
Source: La Verdad
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