Pablo Carreño and Alejandro Davidovich said goodbye this Monday at the US Open in the first round.
On the one hand, Carreño (n.213) lost in three sets against Frenchman Arthur Cazaux (n.91) by 6-1, 6-3 and 6-3 in two hours and 12 minutes.
Carreño, after a nightmare of injuries, had returned strongly this summer on hard courts in North America and played the round of 16 of the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati and the semi-finals at the ATP 250 in Winston-Salem.
But it was in the semi-finals of Winston-Salem, played last Friday, that the Asturian had to retire due to abdominal pain with very little time left to recover before the US Open.
For its part, Davidovich (n.59) also fell in his debut in the ‘big’ New York, in his case against the Australian Rinky Hijikata (n.62) by 7-6(1), 3-6, 6-4 and 6-3 in three hours and 17 minutes.
Eight Spanish tennis players (two women and six men) started off this Monday in Flushing Meadows and half of them packed their bags at the first opportunity.
Among those who will be in the second round stands out Badosa (n.29), that She started off with excellent feelings, beating Swiss Viktorija Golubic (n.73) 6-0 and 6-3 in one hour and nine minutes.
The Catalan is coming off a great summer on hard courts in North America (title in Washington and semi-finals in Cincinnati). She will next face American Taylor Townsend (n.48) and will try to get past the second round for the first time in the ‘major’ New York event.
The other Spanish woman in the competition was Marina Bassols (n.114), who in her first match in the main draw of a ‘grand slam’ fell against the Czech Barbora Krejcikova (No. 8 and champion of the last edition of Wimbledon).
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In the men’s draw, waiting for Carlos Alcaraz (n.3) to make his debut this Tuesday, Three Spanish representatives qualified for the second round.
So, Roberto Carballés (n.55) suffered but ended up defeating the British Jan Choinski (n.276) by 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-7(5) and 6-3 in more than four and a half hours.
His next rival will be the Chinese Juncheng Shang (n.72).
Another Spaniard who also had to give his all on the court to avoid being eliminated was Pedro Martínez (n.43), who defeated the Polish Maks Kasnikowski (n.194) by 6-7(6), 6-1, 6-2, 3-6 and 7-6(6) in four hours and 21 minutes.
The next challenge for Martínez will be the Australian Alexei Popyrin (n.28).
He will also participate in the next round Roberto Bautista (n.67), who defeated the Italian Luca Nardi (n.90) by 7-5, 7-6(3) and 7-6(5) in three hours and 16 minutes.
An important challenge awaits Bautista with a duel against the American Ben Shelton (n.13).
Instead, Albert Ramos (n.122) could not beat the Italian Matteo Berrettini (n.44).
2024-08-27 06:56:29