It was close to midnight at the Valencia Tennis Club when the first day, in terms of individual matches, of the second MAPFRE League tournament ended. Pablo Andújar and Jaume Munar were in charge of giving way to the doubles, which were played at dawn. They played a great meeting that culminated in the triumph of Andújar by 6-3 and 6-4. Before, we saw the deed of the day. ANDThe protagonist was Carlos Taberner. The world number 175 traced the game (6-4, 5-7, 4-10) to 41 of that list, Albert Ramos. The Catalan had won the first set and at the beginning of the second he was playing better.
With Ramos 5-1 everything changed. Taberner rejoined the game, played looser and turned the score around. Six consecutive games made him force the last sleeve, which is played under the super tie-break modality. The young Taberner (22 years old) had morale through the roof, which was key to take the tiebreak 4-10. In the first match of the day, Pedro Martínez defeated Alejandro Davidovich in two sets (6-1 and 6-3). In the doubles, the victory was also for the red team. The pair that formed Carballés and Martínez defeated Muna and Taberner in two sets (7-6 and 6-2). Thus, the red team ended the opening day with a 3-1 result in their favor. We must remember that this Saturday, on the second day, the wins are worth two points and this Sunday, three.
Meanwhile, in the women's tournament that is taking place in Playa de Aro (Girona), the proper name was that of LFor Arruabarrena. The 78th WTA ranking was the only one to win her quarter-final match in two sets. Georgina García won 6-2 and 6-3. In the semifinals, this Saturday, awaits you Sara Sorribes, who traced Eva Guerrera (4-6, 6-0 and 6-2). On the other side of the box, Amanda Carreras He will face Cristina Bucsa. The first one prevailed over Aliona Bolsova (2-6, 6-3 and 2-6) and the second got rid of Andrea Lázaro in a vibrant and even match (6-1, 5-7 and 2-6).