Lunes Negro para el Tenis Español: Caídas de Landaluce y Munar

👉 Subscribe to the channel so you don't miss any news! 🌐 Read the full article here: https://www.noticias.lat/articulo/6a3... Monday's matches proved disappointing for Spanish tennis in the ATP 250 tournaments played on grass. Both Martín Landaluce and Jaume Munar were eliminated in the first round of their respective competitions, thus ending their participation in the Mallorca Championships and the Eastbourne tournament in the United Kingdom. At the Mallorca Championships, Madrid native Martín Landaluce failed to advance beyond the first round after an intense and hard-fought match against German Jan-Lennard Struff. The match, which went to a third set, ended with a victory for the German player 6-3, 1-6, 7-5. The match unfolded with significant ups and downs for the Spanish player. During the first set, Landaluce, currently ranked 58th in the world, lost it 6-3. Despite the score, the Madrid native's performance on his own serve was solid, allowing only one break in the entire set, which Struff capitalized on with the German's only break point opportunity. However, Landaluce displayed remarkable resilience at the start of the second set. After a difficult beginning, the Spaniard decisively turned the tide, winning 6-1. The key to this set was Landaluce's final run, as he won the last five games consecutively, forcing a third and decisive set to determine the winner. The third set was the most balanced and tense of the day. In the final stretch, Landaluce had the opportunity to take the lead and go up 5-4, but he squandered a break point that could have changed the course of the match. Despite this missed opportunity, the Spaniard fought until the end and saved the first match point against him, which was earned by Jan-Lennard Struff, currently ranked 77th in the ATP rankings. However, the match was decided in the twelfth game, where the German had three match points; on the third, Struff managed to close out the contest and seal the victory. Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, Jaume Munar also said goodbye to the Eastbourne tournament, another ATP 250 event played on grass. The Spanish player, ranked 44th in the world, was defeated by Belgian Zizou Bergs with a score of 6-2, 6-4. Unlike Landaluce's match, Munar's encounter was shorter and marked by the Spaniard's difficulty in creating break point opportunities. Throughout the entire match, Munar only had one break point chance, which came in the final game, proving insufficient to overcome the deficit. Meanwhile, Zizou Bergs, ranked 48th in the world, displayed greater effectiveness on the fast surface. The Belgian secured the first set 6-2, thanks to two breaks of Munar's serve. In the second set, Bergs maintained control and needed only one break to close out the set 6-4 and secure his passage to the next round of the British tournament. With these results, Spanish tennis loses two of its representatives on the ATP 250 grass court circuit, clearing the way for Struff and Bergs to continue in their respective tournaments in Mallorca and Eastbourne.