“Richard and Stan won the starting matches at the APR Soil Tournament 250 in Bucharest”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
To the final stages, all the participants of the second round have been identified yet.
In particular, the starting duels won two famous and age tennis players: 38-year-old Frenchman Richard Gaske (ATR 148) and a 40-year-old Swiss Stan Vavrinka (APR 161). Both veterans received a Wild Card in the main grid from the organizers.
Gaske in the 1/16 finals in the three sets coped with Van de Zandshulp’s bottle (Netherlands, ATP 88) in 2 hours and 21 minutes. In the second set, Richard played two breaks and a match for the match, transferred the match into a decisive set, which took 6: 1.
Gaske won the first victory over a tennis player from the TOP-100 this season. The next Frenchman’s rival will be 22-year-old Italian Flavio Kobolly (ATR 45).
Vavrinka in the 1st circle was a qualifier Timothy Scato (APR 174) from Kazakhstan. It took the stench for 3 hours and 16 minutes. In the third party, the Swiss was inferior to 0: 3 and 3: 5 with a break, did not allow the opponent to submit for the match and closed the match on a Tai-Breika 7: 1.
Vavrinka became the third player of the tour since 1980, who has won the match on the ground over 40 years after Ivo Karlovich (40 years) and Jimmy Connorg (41 years). In addition, the Swiss interrupted a series of five in a row. He will then play with the second sown Pedro Martinez (Spain, ATP 47).
ATR 250 Bucharest. Soil. 1/16 finals