Jaume Munar He is at the best moment of his career, in almost his highest ranking always -51 after reaching 50 last week -and coming from reaching a third round of a great slam for the first time in Wimbledon. In full maturity to his 28 yearsMunar failed to complete his sustained growth before the Argentine Francisco closing it to be out of Toronto 1,000 masters in second round after a long three-hour envy 7-6 (4), 4-6 and 6-4. Munar paid the highest price for allowing the luxury of wasting up to six break balls that would have put 5-4 above in the final sleeve.
Of those games as eternal as decisive that sets the future of a battle of such duration -until 10 minutes -, the Balearic player paid the physical and mental wear in a tenth game of the third set that ended up delivering quickly to closing it, World Cup number.
Going through one of those things in the past that sometimes weigh, the frustration of falling on the good side of that fine line that separates the success of the failure, Jaume Munar did not put the climax with those six waste balls wasted for a total total of 3/13 to what was a meritorious display of maturity.
The Mallorcan forged a great opportunity to win in what was a less appealing day, to play on the central track the previous day with the morbidity of Chafar the afternoon to the local public against the Canadian And Martin to compete on track 1, smaller and surrounded by much more noise between the matches on other courts and recreational activities for fans. With some clouds in the sky and 32 degrees, Toronto's wet heat was noted even more before a rival that requires a lot of peak and shovel to be defeated.
But Jaume Munar, hard like a rock, hugged the challenge in a duel of long and intense balls, sometimes somewhat frustrated but never letting the despair dominate him.
Jaume Munar only materialized three of his 13 break balls
“Go serve, colleague!” Munar renegiarated looking at his coach, trying to let off steam. The Mallorcan, grumpy for his certain inconsistency in the service but not rendered, would win that second set in which he complained about his serve to force the third, where his biggest problem would end up residing in the rest in the rest by not being able to materialize any of those of those Six break balls. In what was a sidereal difference between them, closing it took advantage of three of its six break balls while Munar signed a 3/13 In that always key section.
Miguel Sánchez and Javier Fernández's pupil did not just take impulse at this beginning of the American trail tour after being also eliminated in the second round of the ATP 500 of Washington in front of Alejandro Davidovich, in whom much of the expectations of Spanish tennis in Toronto with the absence of Carlos Alcaraz.
The Malaga enters this next morning into action in this second round against the Frenchman Corentin Moutet, while Pablo Carreño Galo Arthur Fils is also measured and ROBERTO CARBALLÉS It will have a very hard root bone in Taylor Fritz, finalist the American of the past Us Open. Three are the Spaniards in Liza in this Masters of 1,000 of Toronto after the elimination of Pedro Martínez y Jaume Munar.
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Tuesday's day was generally without surprises, with the Alexander Zverev, Casper Ruud and Daniil Medvedev advancing to Second Round without great shocks by winning Adam Walton, Roman Safiullin and Dalibor Svrcina. The only most surprising news of the day was starred by the Canadian Denis Shapovalov With the defeat of the 29 of the world at home against the American Learner Tien, number 61 of the ATP ranking 7-6 (4) and 7-5.
Zverev will measure Matteo Arnaldi, Ruud to Nuno Borges and Medvedev a Alexei Popyrin. This 1,000 Masters of Toronto offers them a great opportunity to win, although Ruud has already won this season the 1,000 Masters in Madrid. Since they are not Carlos AlcarazJannik Sinner or Novak Djokovic, you have to take advantage.
