Carreño reaches his first M1000 final in Montreal

The Spanish tennis player Pablo Carreño Busta beat the British Daniel Evans 7-5, 6-7(7), 6-2 after 2h58m of play in the semifinals of the ATP M1000 in Montreal. The World No. 23 will seek the title against Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz.

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Pablo Carreno Busta he is a difficult player for anyone, and on all surfaces. The Spaniard started the season making a final for Team Spain on the ATP Cup. Also, he came to the definition of ATP 500 de Barcelona. Among other great results, he reached the semifinals in the Bastad ATP 250. In his last tournament, he bowed out in the second round of the Hamburg Open. already in Montrealsurpassed Matteo Berrettini, Holger Rune, Jannik Sinner and Jack Draper.

Daniel Evans maintains a high level of tennis, with great elegance and simplicity. The British remains among the best in the world with many victories and work. In this 2022 he kept the title in the Challenger 125 de Nottingham, as his best week. Also, she made the semi-finals earlier in the year at the ATP 250 de Sydney. After several irregular weeks, the World No. 39 is coming off reaching the quarterfinals in the ATP 500 de Washington. already in Montrealeliminated Filip Krajinovic, Andrey Rublev, Taylor Fritz y Tommy Paul.

Carreño triumphs with a tight score

In the first set, both started very firm on serve and without creating break point opportunities. After six close first games, Pablo Carreno Busta he hurt with the return, he took advantage of some errors of his rival and in his only opportunity, he broke the serve to go ahead. When he served to set, Daniel Evans He resurfaced with his great technique to recover and tie. However, the Spaniard kept calm, did not despair, returned to the charge, finalized the break and then stamped the 7-5 in 53 minutes.

Already in the second set, Daniel Evans he corrected the serve and the volley, executed them with great precision and went ahead 3-0. Then, the Spaniard regained ground, changed rhythms, moved his rival and leveled the set. Finally, they defined in the tie break, displaying a great show. In a dramatic sudden death, the Briton scored a match point and sent it all to the deciding set by 7-6(7) after 1h20m.

However, all the effort left by Evans collapsed in the final set. Pablo Carreño Busta held himself physically, attacked with great conviction and damaged the Briton. Generating a lot of space and winners, the Spaniard sentenced for 7-5, 6-7(7), 6-2 after 2h58m of play.