Tennis.-Nicolás Álvarez saves the honor of the ‘Armada’ on the day of the Gijón Open – Publimetro Peru

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Álvarez, classified for the main draw from the previous phase, achieved his first victory on the professional circuit by coming back and beating Argentinean Marco Trungelliti, also a ‘qualy’, 1-6, 6-3, 6-0.

The South American player started the match better and barely gave the Spaniard options in the first set after taking the first five games, but the Castilian-Leonese reacted from the power with the service. With 3-3 in the second round, Álvarez accelerated and did not lose a game, sealing his ticket for a second round where he will face the American Tommy Paul, executioner on Monday of the young Martín Landaluce.

This was the only joy of Spanish tennis in the Asturian tournament, which lost two of its national seeds, Alejandro Davidovich from Malaga and Albert Ramos from Barcelona, ​​sixth and eighth favorites respectively.

The Andalusian could not beat one of the attractions of this Gijón Open, former world number one Andy Murray, invited by the organization, who defeated him 7-5, 6-2 in a match where he had a break advantage in the first set, while the Catalan fell to the American Marcos Giron in three sets 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

The bad day for the ‘Armada’ was completed with the elimination of veteran Feliciano López. The tennis player from Toledo, also graced with a ‘wild card’, could not beat the Belarusian Ilya Ivashka in a tough match of two hours and 20 minutes decided in three sets by 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4. ‘Feli’ relented just after achieving a key break when his opponent was serving in the third set at 5-3 and losing his serve in the next game.

On the other hand, on the hard indoor court in Florence (Italy), the Valencian player Bernabé Zapata made his debut with victory over the Italian Lorenzo Sonego by a double 6-4. In the next round he will face another local tennis player, Lorenzo Musetti, third favorite.