The Spanish tennis player says goodbye to the Portuguese tournament in Braga in the round of 16 after being eliminated against Frenchman Geoffrey Blancaneaux.
The round of 16 of the Challenger de Braga They brought to the scene one of the Spanish players who is still in contention trying to win the title. Javier Barranco Cosanowho was part of the Spanish victory total yesterday, came from the qualifying phase and beat Travaglia in a great match in the first round. Geoffrey Blancaneaux He had just beaten Kolar in the first round and lost in the second round of the Sibiu Challenger in Romania. The face to face debuted with this match in which the Frenchman started as a slight favorite to win the duel between them.
Blancaneaux takes first
The match began with both of them testing each other and carrying out their games with solvency, trying to find a way to hurt their rival. In the third game, Barranco had a breaking ball that he could not take advantage of and the match remained tied. The tie lasted four more games, at which point Barranco delivered the blow to the set. The Spaniard broke in the seventh to go up 4-3, although his rival broke him back immediately afterwards to make it 4-4. After this, equality once again was the dominant tone of the clash, with both winning their serve until leading to a tie break. In that instance, the French player was superior and with a 7-3 he took the first set in his favor.
Geoffrey wins the match
The second set began in the worst possible way for the interests of the Spanish tennis player, who gave up his serve as soon as the set began to start 2-0 with a break down. The trend was going to be confirmed for the Frenchman, after achieving a second break that would widen the difference on the scoreboard, getting closer and closer to victory. Barranco would have its opportunities to score, but could not capitalize on them. Although the Spaniard was going to save the first match point at 1-5, Blancaneaux would sentence her victory with her own serve, for a categorical 6-2.
2023-09-27 17:30:39
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