The Spanish tennis player paid this Tuesday for his thirteen double faults committed against the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic
Carreño got stuck with the service in the second and third set and ended up falling 1-6, 7-5 and 7-6 (4)
The Spanish Pablo Carrenobrand new champion of the Masters 1,000 in Montreal, paid this Tuesday for his thirteen double faults committed against the Serbian Myomir Kecmanovic with elimination in the first round of the Cincinnati tournament.
After being crowned in Montreal against the Polish Hubert Hurkacz with the first Masters 1,000 title of his career, Carreno had won the first quarter 6-1 against Kecmanovicbut got stuck on serve in the second and third sets and ended up falling 1-6, 7-5, 7-6(4).
On court 3 of the Lindner Family Tennis Center, the player from Gijón surrendered after a battle of two hours and 55 minutes and Kecmanovic will face Italian in the next round Jannik Sinnertenth seed of the tournament.
Despite landing more than twice as many winners as Kecmanovic (69 to 34), Carreño ended up paying his thirteen double faults, eleven of them in the final two sets and up to seven in the third.
Despite these difficulties, the Spaniard had a break in the decisive set and seemed to manage to tame the momentum of a Kecmanovic who, despite not having continuity, never stopped fighting for every point.
After leveling the duel with a 7-5, he recovered from a 2-4 loss and saved three break balls with 5-5 on the scoreboard that could have changed the history of the match.
He wasted his first match point at 6-5, but sealed his victory by winning the tiebreaker 7-4 to meet Sinner in the second round.
The elimination of Carreno joins those of his compatriots Albert bouquetswho could not with Fabius Fogniniand of Alexander Davidovichwho surrendered to the Australian’s serve Nick Kyrgios.
Spanish tennis is still at stake in Cincinnati with Rafe Nadalwho returns to this tournament five years after the last time, Carlos alcaraz, Paula Badosa Y Garbiñe Muguruza.