Tallon Greek track reached the quarterfinals of the grass tournament in Mallorca on Wednesday. The Dutchman overcame a deficit against Alex Molcan and won in three sets: 0-6, 6-3 and 7-6 (3).
The 25-year-old Greek track started the game very poorly against Malcon, the number fifty in the world. Greek track, who is three places lower, did not come into play at all and lost all games in the first set.
In the second set he broke his Slovenian opponent in the fifth game (3-2) and he did not give that break away in the remainder of the set. In the decisive set, Greek track and Malcon did not give up a single break, after which a tiebreak had to offer a solution. In it, the Dutchman placed the first minibreak (4-2) and then won the game.
In his quarter-final match, Greece will face Antoine Bellier. The number 303 in the world ranking surprisingly beat Pablo Carreño Busta, the global number nineteen, earlier in the day.
Greek Rail is the only remaining Dutchman on Mallorca. On Tuesday, Botic van de Zandschulp was eliminated in the first round by Marcos Giron, the number 67 in the world.
The ATP tournament on the Spanish island is their last appearance before Wimbledon for Greek track and Van de Zandschulp. The Grand Slam tournament in London starts on Monday.