Munar, Bouzas, Párrizas, Masarova and Bucsa say goodbye to the London grass
MADRID, 6 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Alejandro Davidovich Fokina finally made his debut this Thursday at the Wimbledon tournament, the third ‘Grand Slam’ of the season, with a fast-track victory against the French Arthur Fils, while the also Spanish Jaume Munar, Jéssica Bouzas, Nuria Párrizas, Rebeka Masarova and Cristina Bucsa said goodbye to the London grass.
After two days waiting for its premiere at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, due to adverse weather conditions, Alejandro Davidovich from Malaga beat his rival 7-6(3), 6-1 and 6-2 in a hour and 49 minutes. Solid version of ‘Foki’, who in the second round will face the Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp.
Also in the first round, Roberto Carballés from Tenerife completed his victory over the Italian Matteo Arnaldi. He did it by (0) 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 and 6-4, after the game was postponed the day before due to a lack of light when it had already been two hours and 42 minutes. In the end, the accumulated rally time reached three hours.
On the other hand, Jaume Munar from the Balearic Islands lost in the round of 32 against Lorenzo Musetti, also Italian, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 in two hours and 21 minutes. Thus, the number of Spaniards in the men’s individual draw was reduced, where the great hope Carlos Alcaraz will play this Friday against the Frenchman Alexandre Müller.
Regarding the women’s individual draw, Nuria Párrizas resumed her first round match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich. Suspended at 37 minutes due to a lack of light on Wednesday, when the player from Granada fell 6-2, the duel ended with an easy second set in favor of the Belarusian (6-1). Just an hour and a quarter lasted in total.
Meanwhile, the young Galician Jéssica Bouzas lost in her hour and a half debut against the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina 6-4, 6-3. To top it off, Rebeka Masarova and Cristina Bucsa were eliminated in the round of 32 after losing, respectively, against the Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto (6-3 and 6-1) and the American Jessica Pegula (6-1 and 6-4).