The ATP eó Hotels Maspalomas Challenger tournament had a vibrant day yesterday on the courts of Club Conde Jackson, in San Bartolomé de Tirajana. The great victory achieved by Imanol López Morillo stood out. The Mallorcan, from the previous round, gave the big surprise of the day by qualifying for the quarterfinals after defeating the Indian Sumit Nagal, number two favorite in the competition, 3-6, 6-4 and 7-5. Two other members of the Spanish army, Pedro Martínez and Daniel Rincón, also qualified.
López Morillo and his opponent offered a thrilling duel. The Balearic began by losing the first set 3-6. However, he knew how to turn this disadvantage around with the support of the stands. He equalized by winning the second set 6-4. In the decisive round, both players showed off their best repertoire of blows and the duel fell to the Spanish tennis player’s side 7-5.
The number one seed in this ATP Challenger Tour tournament did not fail. We are referring to Pedro Martínez, who had no difficulties in beating the Lithuanian Vilius Gaubas, to whom he did not give any type of option: 6-3 and 6-1. The Valencian must bring out his best game again today in the duel against the Russian Svyatoslav Gulin, in a match that is expected to be complex.
Another Spanish representative who got his ticket for the quarterfinals was Daniel Rincón. Now, the Avila tennis player has a tough nut to crack, the Czech Jonas Forejtek, one of the surprises of the competition that comes from the previous one.
The Swiss Kilian Feldbausch, who defeated the Ukrainian Oleeksii Krutykh, continues in the ATP eo Hotels Maspalomas Challenger. In an intense three-set match, the Swiss managed to recover from an unfortunate first set (3-6). He recovered to turn the score around with a 6-3 and a resounding 1-6.
For his part, Svyatoslav Gulin, today’s rival Pedro Martínez, qualified for the quarterfinals by getting rid of Raúl Bracaccio, after more than an hour of fighting. The Russian was superior in the first set, while the Italian reacted to equalize at 4-6. In the final, Gulin closed his victory with a 6-3.
Doubles semi-finals
As for the doubles draw of this ATP eó Hotels Maspalomas Challenger tournament, it reaches its final rounds. Today the semifinals are played. The French duo made up of Theo Arribage and Sadio Doumbia qualified for them by beating the pair formed by the Spanish Sergi Pérez Contri and the Ukrainian Georgii Kravchenko. Also Spanish, Sergio Martos earned his ticket to the semis along with the Dutch player Sem Verbeek, by beating the Bracaccio-Diez tandem. For its part, the Kalovelonis-Stevenson duo beat the British Duncan-Willis.
2023-11-30 22:28:52
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