MADRID, 29 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Pablo Andújar could not give the surprise in the tournament in Tel Aviv (Israel), scoring for the ATP and which is played on an indoor hard court, and was eliminated against the Serbian Novak Djokovic, the same fate that Pablo Carreño and Fernando suffered. Verdasco at the also ‘indoor’ event in Sofia.
The veteran player from Cuenca was the first rival of the one from Belgrade, who after passing through the Laver Cup, was facing his first circuit tournament at the individual level since his victory in July on the Wimbledon grass.
The Balkan player, first seeded in Tel Aviv, gave the manchego no chance, whom he overwhelmed 6-0, 6-3 to meet Canadian server Vasik Pospisil in the next round.
There was also no good news from Sofia, especially with the unexpected defeat of Pablo Carreño, the second favorite. The Spaniard, who was returning to the court after the US Open and missing the Davis Cup due to injury, was unable to beat the Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler, 95 in the world, against whom he fell 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 .
Along with the one from Gijón, the veteran tennis player from Madrid, Fernando Verdasco, also said goodbye to the tournament in the Bulgarian capital, who could not beat the Australian Aleksandar Vukic, who came from behind to win 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.