Ramos suffers to debut with victory in Bordeaux

The Catalan has come back to continue in Bordeaux. Ramos lost the first set but managed to prevail against a combative Benchetrit (4-6, 6-3, 6-2).

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Albert Ramos made its debut on Tuesday Bordeaux Challenger, a tournament with big names. The Spaniard had just lost in his debut against Carlos Alcaraz in Rome, although the Catalan left very good feelings and put the current number one in the ATP ranking in trouble. Now he was going to try to fight for the title in Bordeaux to gain confidence for Roland Garros. In his first test he was going to measure the Moroccan Elliot Benchetrit and the winner was going to face the fourth house in the series, the local Adrian Mannarino.

Benchetrit goes ahead

Albert Ramos began with doubts in his service and already in the first game he had to raise three break balls against. He got it and in this way he started taking the initiative on the scoreboard. Despite this, the Moroccan was very solid and tried to take the initiative in the game. Benchetrit took advantage of the next break option in the third game and achieved the first break of the match. After confirming it, he left until 3-1. The Catalan little by little tried to weave his web from the bottom of the track, but he could not find the key to stop his rival’s momentum. In the ninth game Elliot had two set balls available to the rest, but Albert Ramos saved them by throwing experience and passed the pressure to the other side. It was difficult for him to close the first set, but Finally, at the fifth ball of the set, Benchetit managed to start to surprise in Bordeaux.

Ramos achieves the comeback

The sensations began to change at the beginning of the second set. Ramos was becoming more solid and found break options in the Moroccan’s serves. In the sixth game he got the break and after confirming it, he went up to 5-2. From that moment there were no more break alternatives and Ramos being superior ended up forcing the third and final partial.

Ramos was once again showing his best version, being solid in all his shots and without giving away points to his rival. Benchetrit was beginning to despair and it was that he saw how after a double break the Spaniard was leaving until it was 5-1. Despite this, a great attitude from Elliot Benchetrit who kept fighting and made it 2-5. Even the rest had three break points in the eighth game, but Albert saved them and finally reached the match point. On this occasion he closed the meeting and celebrated his first victory in the Bordeaux Challenger.