Jaume Munar falls in Gstaad before the 360 in the world
The Spanish tennis player Jaume Munar was eliminated in his debut at the level tournament ATP 250 from Gstaad (Switzerland)which is played on clay, by the Swiss Dominic Stricker 23 years old and ‘wild card’ of the organization (6-2, 6-4).
Munar, the eighth seed in the competition, did not have an easy time against the local tennis player, who had entered the tournament by invitation. Stricker, who is ranked 360th in the ATP rankings and whose best historical ranking is 88th, took the first set 6-2 after giving the Spaniard an initial 4-0 lead.
The world number 44 was forced to react in the second set. Even so, he started again losing his serve advantage. Munar He was able to recover and equalize the contest, but he gave up a new serve turn when he was serving for 4-5 and left the victory on a plate to the Swiss, who confirmed it on the third match point he had at his disposal.
Next, Stricker will fight for a place in the quarterfinals against the winner of the cross between the French Alexandre Muller and the Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko.
Spanish hopes now pass through Pedro Martinezwho will face off this Tuesday with the German Yannick Hanfmann in the first turn on court 1 (10:30 am CEST). The Peruvian Ignacio Buse also enters the competition on Tuesday, against Stefanos Tsitispas, and the Argentine Juan Manuel Cerúndoloopposite Zdenek Kolar.
In the other round of 32 matches played this Monday, the Frenchman Clement Tabur beat the Austrian Jurij Rodionov (4-6, 7-5, 6-4); the Belgian Raphael Collignon, the Kazakh Timofey Skatov (3-6, 7-6, 6-4); the Italian Lorenzo Sonego, the Austrian Joel Schwaerzler (6-4, 7-6); and the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic, against the Swiss Kilian Feldbausch (6-1, 1-6, 6-3).
The tournament’s top seeds await in the round of 16: the Kazakh Alexander Bublik (number 11 in the ATP ranking), the Norwegian Casper Ruud (13), the Monegasque Valentin Vacherot (21) and the Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (28).
