The Rio Tournament remained this Friday without the highest star. Alexander Zverev is not expected in the quarterfinals against Argentine Francisco Comenaña 4-6, 6-3, 6-4A result that prevents German is expanding its advantage over Carlos Alcaraz, removed in the quarterfinals in Doha, in the ATP rank.
After a very disputed first set, Zverev was surprised at the second, allowing Comsaña to go away 5-2 before his fourth point of set, after saving two points of destruction.
Argentine tennis player again shows extraordinary mental resources in the third set, after winning 3-0. He received a great ovation for an amazing point at 4-4, after returning a Zverev Smash, which he ended to win the most important game of his career.
His rival to the semifinal was French Alexandre Muller who, in another match of the day, removed Argentine Francisco Cerúando 7-5, 6-1.
Muller, whose rotation of 16 has removed the Argentine Tomás Martín Etcheverry (43 ATP), takes only an hour and 16 minutes to impose himself by closing it slightly 7-5 and 6-1.
The tennis player born in Buenos Aires 26 years ago started the game strong and broke the first French service, so in the 15 minutes of the first manga he already had an advantage of 3-1.
But Muller responded and broke the fifth service to Argentine to match 4-4, and then broke the sixth, to surpass the manga 7-5.
In the second set the French was better and only allowed South American to confirm its first service. After breaking the next three services, he won a sleeve for a 6-1 category.
The other semifinal in the Brazil contest will be starred by Báez and Ugo Carabelli. Báez won a 2-0 room in Taiwanese Chun-Hsin Tseng (126 ATP), with a slight 6-4 and 6-1, while Ugo Carabelli removed 2-0, with a slightly 7-6 (5) and 6-4, Portuguese Paulo Faría (107 ATP).
Báez had seven titles in his career and conquered the River Open last year, so that he could be the first champion to repeat the Brazil title, while Ugo Carabelli, as well as Comaña, advanced to a semifinal of an ATP in the first time in his career.
Source: La Verdad
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