The Spanish player Pablo Carreño managed to win his first round match against Holger Rune at the ATP 500 in Halle 6-3, 7-6(5).
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after one clay court tour not so positive After the final harvested at the ATP 500 in Barcelona, a surface arrived that historically has not been good for the player from Gijón. Carreño has achieved the fifth victory of his career on grass in the fifteenth official match that he played. A young tennis player who had just completed a great Roland Garros was measured by being able to reach the quarterfinals and who was making his debut on this surface.
Carreño takes a solid shock
It was a first set where both tennis players gave each other plenty of opportunities. It was raining in the German town and therefore they had to play the stake indoors. Rune was the first to have break chances as in the third game of the first set he let as many as six break balls escape. Taking that game forward for Carreño served to make his opponent feel a little touched and he managed to break his turn to serve to leave in the electronic.
He had double break options, but the Dane stayed in the game and then Holger forced a deuce to get into the sleeve. However, Pablo managed to confirm his good timing and take him away. In the second set, however, the two were much more focused and efficient on serve. The Spaniard, for his part, had two games in which he could have had the difference in his hands by having two 15-40, but Rune in those moments competed perfectly and stayed involved.
They came to a sudden death where Pablo took the lead but Holger forced it 5-5 to get the mini break. Samuel López’s pupil was playing with second serve and had to play a hard-fought point to reach 6-5 and have the match point. An error by Rune gave Carreño the victory to advance to the second round of the ATP 500 in Halle.
