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Tennis.-Munar gets into the semifinals of the Parma tournament and Verdasco and Carballés say goodbye in Belgrade

02-21-2020 Spanish tennis player Jaume Munar looks for a ball at the Rio de Janeiro tournament SOUTH AMERICA SPORTS BRAZIL FOTOJUMP

MADRID, 27 (EUROPA PRESS)

The Spanish tennis player Jaume Munar qualified this Thursday for the semifinals of the Parma tournament, ATP 250 category and which is played on clay, after beating Frenchman Richard Gasquet in two strong sets (6-1 and 6-1), while Fernando Verdasco and Roberto Carballés were eliminated in Belgrade.

Munar continues with his great dynamics on Italian soil and this Thursday he took another step towards his first title on the circuit. The 24-year-old Majorcan tennis player only needed 48 minutes to knock down the experienced Gasquet. Munar meets in ‘semis’ with the local Marco Cecchinato in search of what would also be his first ATP final.

For his part, Fernando Verdasco ended his career in Belgrade, also in category 250 on clay, after losing to Alex Molcan in two sets (6-2 and 6-0). The Madrilenian could not continue his good week in the Balkan tournament and said goodbye in the quarterfinals against the 23-year-old Slovak.

Nor could Roberto Carballés go on, who retired in the last quarterfinal match. The Tenerife-born did not even take to the court to fight against the Argentine Federico Delbonis for a ticket to the semifinals due to his physical problems, aggravated by the great victory achieved a day before against Gael Monfils in a duel that exceeded two and a half hours. duration.

Who did get the ticket to get into the top four was the world number one, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who continues to gain sensations at ‘home’ before facing Roland Garros. ‘Nole’ got rid of Argentine Federico Coria with ease (6-1 and 6-0) and will face the Slovak Andrej Martin, number 119 in the ATP ranking, in the next round.

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