Martín Landaluce Makes a Mark with First Professional Victory on ATP Circuit

Keep this name because it is possible that it will bring many joys to Spanish tennis in the future: Martín Landaluce. At 18 years old, the young tennis player from the Rafa Nadal Academy has achieved his first victory as a professional on the ATP circuit after defeating another Spanish tennis player, Jaume Munar, 6-3, 1-6 and 7-5.

Landaluce, who became number 1 in the ITF Junior Ranking in 2023, winner of the US Open Junior in 2022 and who has an impressive record of 58-8 in his career on the junior circuit (88% victories) more than made his mark. their invitation to the final draw of the tournament with this victory against Munar.

A victory that Landaluce cemented with a break in his first game from the rest that allowed him to win the first set but in which the young tennis player also had to deal with nerves (he committed 29 unforced errors), especially in the second set.

However, Landaluce was firmer than Munar in the decisive moments despite suffering a break at the beginning of the third set since, with 4-5 and a serve for Munar to close the match, Landaluce broke his serve and did the same. own in the twelfth game to avoid the tie-break and achieve his first victory on the ATP circuit.

In this way, Martín Landaluce will continue his adventure at the Miami Masters 1,000 in a second round where he will face another of the young tennis talents: the American striker Ben Shelton, semifinalist in the last US Open.

Bautista can handle Nava and meets with Korda

Roberto Bautista continues to inspire at the Miami Masters 1,000 and, after passing the previous round, he is already in the second round of the tournament after beating the American Emilio Nava, also from the previous round, by 6-3 and 7-6 (4) .

A Bautista who was firm in a first set where he broke Nava’s serve in the fourth game and where, despite not taking advantage of two set points in the rest, he did manage to close the set on serve 6-3. Despite Nava’s strong start in the second set, which led to 0-3, Bautista managed to recover the lost break and take the set to a tie-break in which the tennis player from Castellón made use of his greater experience to close the sleeve and the match and seal his ticket to a second round where he will face another American: Sebastian Korda.

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2024-03-22 07:30:34
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