Egor Gerasimov made it to the second round at the ATP 250 in Astana by defeating Bernabé Zapata 7-6(5), 6-3 in an hour and 49 minutes.
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The Spanish tennis player Bernabe Zapata He faced a new week located in Kazakh lands. At this start of the Asian tour, on the second most important court in the Astana venue, they faced a Egor Gerasimov which has not been seen competing in ATP circuit tournaments for quite some time.
Zapata fails his first test in Astana
It is the third consecutive game which the Belarusian player was able to win since in the qualifying phase he defeated Zizou Bergs and Alexander Muller. It seemed like the match was starting very well for the Spanish player as he tackled Egor with a break point. Without being able to take advantage of it, in the next one he was the one who lost it. Zapata himself was not feeling completely comfortable when facing the turns with his serve and hence after equalizing, the Belarusian took the lead again. However, when Gerasimov reached that 5-4, Barnabas was able to find the answer.
Arriving at the tie-break, the world number 72 was ahead, but that difference could not be taken advantage of. Several mini breaks came into action so that when the first ball of the set arrived, the Belarusian was ahead.
Within the second set, the turns to serve were more forceful on both sides and the situation that could arise would take on a stronger significance. That happened in the eighth game as Egor obtained the break that would be definitive. Therefore, the current number 661 in the ATP ranking had that service to close. With that 5-3, The first ball of the Gerasimov match ended Zapata’s career at the ATP 250 in Astana.
2023-09-28 12:21:38
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