Fernando Verdasco, 37, could not convert this Wednesday in the first Spanish tennis player in the quarters of the Alicante Ferrero Challenger de Villena.
Madrid, second favorite of the painting, has ended up losing to Constant Lestienne by 5-7 and 7-6 (4) and 7-5. Verdasco, 137th in the ATP ranking, has not been able to make a leap in his attempt to return to the ‘top100’ as soon as possible after having overcome the two operations on the knee and elbow. At 37, tennis continues to motivate him.
Lestienne, 258th on the lists, went from low to high in the match. Lucas Miedler, who entered the contest as ‘alternate’.
With the defeat of Verdasco, the hopes of revalidating the title for Spanish tennis, Carlos Alcaraz was the last champion, remain in the hands of Feliciano Lpez and Mario Vilella.
The other pairing of rooms that already knows its protagonists measure to Oscar Otte con Denis Yevseyev.
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