The Spaniard was unable with Cameron Norrie on his debut in the competition, losing almost three hours into the game. 250 from Adelaide 1.
A sad return to the courts had Raphael Nadal (2nd) this Saturday, after crash in Spain’s United Cup debut -competition which brings together mixed teams from eighteen Australian countries- by partials of 6-3, 3-6 and 4-6 against the Briton Cameron Norrie (14th).
The man from Manacor, who had not played an official match since the November 17 when he beat the norwegian Casper Ruud at the ATP Finals in Turin started by turning the encounter in his favor with a break of serve in the sixth game, which allowed him to closing the opening set 6-3 in 52 minutes.
However, Norrie was not far behind and in the second set he got strong to cause a break in the sixth game as well, which would be enough for him to stay with partial with identical numbers after 46 minutes of tough argument .
In the third and final set, the Iberian’s response was expected; however, Norrie was more consistent in closing the engagement in his favor with a break in the fifth game that was enough to seal the match with a score of 6-4 after 1 hour and 7 minutes.
With this result, Spain are 0-2 against the United Kingdom after the fall of Nuria Párrizas (70th), in his case against Katie Swan (145th) 6-3, 1-6 and 2-6.
Thiem bids farewell to Adelaide qualifying
the austrian Dominique Thiem current 102nd in the ATP rankings, was unable to debut in the Adelaide ATP 250 qual 1 after losing to Korean Soonwoo Kwon (83rd) 6-4, 6-1 in 1h15 of play.
the pupil of Nicolas Massu , who will be present at the next ATP in Santiago, started the match dominating the actions, with a service break in the third game; however, the Asian bounced back and returned the favor in games eight and ten to seal the first set 6-4 in 47 minutes.
The second set started with Thiem trying to turn the match in his favor which resulted in a break in the opener. But Kwon immediately responded, keeping his rival’s service games on the next three occasions to close the set with an expressive 6-1 in 28 minutes, incidentally condemning the elimination of the former world number 3 from the contest.
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