The AnyTech365 Andalucía Open Challenger 80 already knows its first quarter-finalists. Gianluca Mager, Alessandro Giannessi, Roberto Marcora and Martin Klizan won their matches. Three of them were Italians.
The day started on the center court Manolo Santana with the match between the Italian Gianluca Mager, 4th Top seed, and the Swede Elias Ymer. Mager was much more solid with his second service and the victory was for him. Better performance than last year for the Italian when he was beat in the second round.
In Quarter-finals he will face his compatriot Roberto Marcora who beat Ernests Gulbis. Second “head to head” of the season, after the victory for Mancora during the ATP 250 in Singapore.
Big day for Italian tennis, Alessandro Giannessi was the third player clasiffied for Quarters. He won his match against the Portuguese Pedro Sousa (5th Top seed), 6-4, 6-3.
Martin Klizan will be Giannessi’s rival for a place in the semi-finals. The 6-title ATP champion won in two straight sets against Henri Laaksonen.
QUARTES IN DOUBLES DRAW DECIDED
Quarters in doubles draw are already decided. The first to pass into this round were Romain Arneodo and Hugo Nys. They beat Javier Barranco Cosano and Carlos Sánchez Jover by a double 6-3.
Another couple in quartes is the team formed by Roberto Carballés and Eduard Esteve Lobato. The Spaniards won 7-6 (4); 6-2 to Robert Galloway and Alex Lawson.
Hard victory for David Marrero and Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras. Marrero, former world number 5 in doubles and Nitto ATP Finals champion, together with his compatriot played against Andre Goransson and Andrei Vasilevski.
Danilo Petrovic and David Pichler conquer a victory versus Artem Sitak and David Vega-Hernandez, 4th Top seeds. As well as Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela and Fernando Romboli against Leo Brog and Elias Ymer
The day ended with the win of Carlos Gómez-Herrera and Mario Vilella-Martínez. They closed the path to Alessandro Giannessi and Roberto Mancora.
OPEN GATES AGAIN IN MARBELL
The focus of the day would be the public, the crowd will be back in the tennis resort. Puente Romano will welcome eveyone but always respecting health rules.
The order of play has a Spanish taste. 2020 Runner-up and Top 3 seed, Jaume Munar will play against Vit Kopriva, last turn in Manolo Santana court. Other matches are Damir Dzumhur (7) vs. Mario Vilella, Taro Daniel (6) vs. Carlos Gómez-Herrera and Nikola Milojevic vs. Maxime Janvier.
COMPLETED MATCHES
MAGER to YMER 64 63
GIANNESSI to SOUSA 64 63
KLIZAN to LAAKSONEN 63 63
MARCORA to GULBIS 64 75
MARRERO / MENENDEZ-MACEIRAS to GORANSSON / VASILEVSKI 76(3) 46 10-5
REYES-VARELA / ROMBOLI to BORG / YMER 63 63
GOMEZ-HERRERA / VILELLA MARTINEZ to GIANNESSI / MARCORA 26 64 11-9
ARNEODO / NYS to BARRANCO COSANO / SANCHEZ JOVER 63 63
CARBALLES BAENA / ESTEVE LOBATO to GALLOWAY / LAWSON 76(4) 62
PETROVIC / PICHLER to SITAK / VEGA HERNANDEZ 62 46 10-1
