Carlos Alcaraz he gave his position to the double to Pablo Carreño. The tie against France was mathematically sealed. First it is Roberto Bautista who staged an epic comeback to lose Arthur Fils by 2-6, 7-5 and 6-3. Then came the recital of the Murcian, who lost 6-3 and 6-3 Ugo Humbert.
The homework is done. The team he captained David Ferrer is in the Final 8 in Malaga, in the quarter-final qualifiers. An achievement considering that on Sunday, at 11am, only Australia will be playing to see which of the two will top Group B.
Pablo Carreno and his recent Olympic Games doubles partner, Marcel Granollersthey looked for full points, 6 out of 6, to repeat the 3-0 win over the Czech Republic. But they bumped into a well-oiled French duo, very specialized in this matter.
The Spanish lost 7-6 (7), 6-7 (10) and 10-8 in the supertiebreak, which replaced the classic third set when the matchup was decided by country. They succeeded Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Edouard Roger-Vasselinin 2h.08′ of many spectacles and alternatives in Fonteta de Valencia.
“Yes we can, yes we can,” shouted the crowd as the Hispanic pair came back from seven break points to reach the tiebreak. Suffering but standing firm against untouchable serving rivals.
Spain had three set points, but fell to France for the first time: 7-6 (9-7). The trend was repeated in the second round. Three break points returned Carreño and Granollers, The Gauls did not even suffer in their service.
The change was in the result of the tiebreak, where the Spaniards recovered two match points to keep alive a contest that was finished by Herbert and Roger-Vasselin, both committed and brilliant, although there was another point of stability. 10-8 in the super tiebreak, 2-1 final in the eliminatory.
Source: La Verdad
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