Mattia Bellucci advances in Marrakech, Luca Nardi swept in Bucharest
Mattia Bellucci got off on the right foot at the Marrakech ATP 250. The Italian, eighth seed in the seeding, overcame Pavel Kotov, world number 107, in two sets with a final score of 6-4 6-4 after an hour and three quarters of play.
After an uphill start (0-3), the Lombard was good at immediately recovering the disadvantage (3-3) before placing the decisive break in the ninth game (5-4) that led him to close out the first set on serve (6-4). In the second set what made the difference was the break obtained in the third game by Bellucci, preserved until the final 6-4 with which he qualified for the round of 16 of the ‘Grand Prix Hassan II’.
Day to forget, on the other hand, for Luca Nardi, who was overwhelmed on his debut by Marton Fucsovics, number 90 in the world rankings, at the Bucharest ATP 250. 6-3 6-1 was the final score that accrued in the Hungarian’s favor after just over an hour of play.
The’balance lasted until 3-3: here Fucsovics strung together a partial run of three consecutive games with which he took the first partial. Nardi stopped the bleeding only in the second game of the second set (1-1) before suffering a new and decisive lengthening of the Magyar who won the last five games of the match (6-1).
The balance lasted until 3-3: here Fucsovics strung together three consecutive games with which he took the first partial.
