Quimper Open 2 (Challenger ATP 80)
A Breton, the number 1 seed and the darling of the public – absent attributable to covid-19 -: the poster for this Wednesday, February 3 was sufficient to make your mouth water.
After the elimination of the Malouin Manuel Guinard in opposition to a powerful Benjamin Bonzi, we witnessed in the center of the afternoon a pleasant tennis lesson given by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. The N.54 at ATP, the second greatest ranked participant to line up in Quimper after Bautista-Agut in 2013, flaunted his expertise in opposition to his ten-12 months elder, Thomas Fabbiano (N.175, ex-N .70 in 2017). The Spaniard was main 6-3 and 40-15 to 1-1 in the second set when, on a late strike, he twisted his ankle.
Already disadvantaged of the Australian Open
The joint strapped by the event physician, the winner of Wimbledon juniors 2017 tried to renew the match however the participant, who had already been disadvantaged of the tour in Australia as a result of constructive for covid-19, needed to resolve himself. Decidedly, 2021 begins very badly for this nice hope of Hispanic tennis. While Lucas Pouille was to enter the court docket at the finish of the afternoon, we crossed our fingers that the unhealthy luck ended there …
Wednesday’s outcomes
1st spherical: Brandon Nakashima (N.157, EU) – Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (WC, N.440, FRA) 6-3, 6-3
Lucas Lacko (N. 200, SLO) – Mathias Bourgue (Q, N. 213 FRA) 6-2, 6-2
Bernabe Zapata-Miralles (N.153, ESP) – Denis Kudla (N.116, EU) 6-2, 6-3
Benjamin Bonzi (N.134, FRA) – Manuel Guinard (WC, N.306, FRA) 6-3, 6-3
Thomas Fabbiano (N.175, ITA) – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (N.54, ESP) 3-6, 1-1 retirement
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