Carreño saves a day to forget about Spanish tennis at the Shanghai Masters 1000

The second day of Shanghai Masters 1000 It ended with three defeats for Spanish tennis. The first to fall was Jaume Munarwho said goodbye at the first opportunity after falling this Thursday against the American Jenson Brooksby 7-5, 6-4 in a match in which he showed the wear and tear suffered in the Tokyo tournament, where he reached the semifinals and lost to Carlos Alcaraz.

Everything started really well for the Balearic Islands, who maintained the excellent level shown last week to go 1-5 up. However, the joy was short-lived and the errors began to multiply leading to them losing the first set 7-5.

Despite a slight improvement, Munar was not able to turn the tables and Brooksby achieved a break in the seventh game that would end up being decisive to close out his 6-4 victory. The American will face Alejandro Davidovich in the second round this Friday.

Things didn’t go better for Dani Méridawho collapsed after a great start to end up losing to the Dutch Botic van de Zandschulp 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, nor to Martín Landalucebeaten by German Jan Struff 6-4, 6-4.

The only Spanish victory of the day was won by Pablo Carreñowho used his experience to carry out a very tough match against the Argentine Mariano Navone, whom he ended up beating 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

On Saturday it will be Carlos Alcaraz’s turnwho will face the Argentine Juan Manuel Cerúndolo in the second round, and Rafa Jódar, who will also have the Argentine Thiago Agustín Tirante as his rival.