MADRID, 25 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Bernabé Zapata surpassed this Monday his debut in the Estoril (Portugal) tournament, scoring for the ATP and which is played on clay, after defeating the Argentine Federico Coria 6-4, 6-3, while his compatriot Pablo Andújar had to leave.
The Valencian player, classified from the previous one, got rid of Coria, number 52 in the world, with solvency, who had his best option in the first set where he was able to recover from a 3-0 start to get 4-3 and serve.
However, Zapata reacted and managed two ‘breaks’ to take the first set, while in the second he was back in the lead thanks to a break in the sixth game. Coria replied instantly, but the Spaniard broke once more to later seal his passage to a second round to meet Alejandro Davidovic, fourth seed and finalist in Monte Carlo.
For his part, Pablo Andújar from La Mancha could not accompany him to this second round after having to withdraw in his duel against the Portuguese Nuno Borges, a guest of the organization. The man from Cuenca led 4-2 when he conceded seven straight games to lose the first quarter 6-4 and lose 3-0 in the second, at which point he decided to leave the match.