Munar, Zapata, Carreño and Verdasco fall; Andújar resigns

Jaume Munar's adventure at Wimbledon did not last like the first one he had in 2019, when he also lost in the first round. The Mallorcan could not overcome Ilya Ivashka, a fierce tennis player trained in Barcelona whom he won a few months ago on the land of Marbella. On grass, the 27-year-old Belarusian and 79th in the world won 6-1, 7-5 and 7-6 (5), who has made a lot of progress this season. This is his first participation in the tournament and he will now face the French Jeremy Chardy, who surprised the twentieth seed, the Russian Aslan Karatsev (7-6 (4), 7-6 (6) and 6-3). The serve and aggressiveness were Ivashka's weapons against a Munar (24 years old and 69th) who failed quite a bit in the rises to the net (13/25) and only had two options to break.

Bernabé Zapata fought tirelessly against Christian Garín, benefiting from the suspension of the match on Tuesday due to the lack of light. The Chilean, 17th favorite, who lost by two sets to one and was having problems against the Valencian, recovered at night and came back this Wednesday to win 6-7 (6), 6-3, 3-6, 6- 3 and 6-2 at 3:10. A pity, because Zapata was close to giving the surprise and could have consummated it if the meeting had not been postponed. Garín will face the Australian Pollmans.

Pablo Carreño could not stop the curse that haunts him at Wimbledon, where he has lost in the first round in his six appearances. The Asturian did not face the best rival to end his bad luck on the British grass, because Sam querry He is a specialist clay server and was a semi-finalist in 2017 and a quarter-finalist in 2019. The American won with effort but in three sets: 7-6 (6), 6-4 and 7-5. His 22 direct aces marked the evolution of a match in which Carreño only had three break options, the same as Querrey, with the difference that the 33-year-old and 54th player in the world took advantage of all of them. He will run into the Australian Duckworth. Fernando Verdasco, who has only been able to win 2 of the nine games he has played this year since he returned to competition in Miami, He succumbed to a Grigor Dimitrov who, despite not being at his best, overcame a bad start and won 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and 6-4 in 2:23. The Bulgarian, 18th favorite, served better than the Madrilenian, despite the fact that he added 13 aces and he had eight. Four breaks were enough to stand in the second round, in which he will meet a Kazakh, Bublik.

Bautista's party, suspended

The game played by Roberto Bautista and Miomir Kecmanovic on court 15 was suspended at 9:00 p.m. British time due to lack of light when the Spanish won 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (3) and 3-2. It will resume this Thursday, in the second turn of the same court. Bautista dominated in the fourth set with a break advantage and was about to serve when the tournament supervisor decided to postpone the match. The same happened with the one who disputed Maria Sakkari and Shelby Rogers, with 7-5 for the American.

Pablo Andújar leaves

Pablo Andújar had warned after his victory on Tuesday in five sets and five hours against Pierre-Hugues Herbert that if he had to play again the next day he probably wouldn't be able to go out and compete. So it was. The Cuenca man could not recover from such a beating (he had discomfort in the intercostal area) and resigned before his match against Denis Shapovalov, 10th favorite, who goes to the third round and awaits his opponent: Otte or Murray.

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