Spanish tennis officially started the 2025 tennis season with a loss. It hurt because victory was so close, but the mixed team ended up losing to Kazakhstan 1-2 on the opening day of the United Cup, in Group E based in Perth and completing the Greece team they led. Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkaririval this Saturday at 10 a.m. Spanish peninsular time.
Pablo Carreno33 years old and 196th in the world ranking, opened his new phase in a big way, at the TEC in Barcelona and with coach Víctor López Morón. “I didn’t expect this level,” he admitted after destroying the Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko24 years old and No. 78 ATP, 6-2 and 6-1 in an hour.
However, Kazakhstan’s main asset, Elena Rybakinasufficient forced equality in the tie. The new Croatian student Goran Ivanisevicreturn to the circuit after technical driving in Novak Djokovic25 years old and world No. 6, surpassed the Galician Jessica Bouzas22 years old and number 54, 6-2 and 6-3.
The match was left in the hands of the mixed doubles, which Spain narrowly lost in the super tiebreak. Pablo Carreño was formed next to Mallorca Yvonne Cavallé-Reimerslost to Rybakina-Shevchenko 7-6 (4), 6-7 (2) and 10-7.
The first in each of the six groups (of three teams each), shared between Perth and Sydney, along with the two second-best teams, advanced to the quarterfinals.
Source: La Verdad
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