Maks Kasnikowski, 21 years old, Polish, and currently ranked #194 in the world. Few in the locker room had him on their radar, and surely Pedro Martínez was not one of them, perhaps why it took him 4 hours and 21 minutes to defeat this boy from Warsaw who was facing his first match in a Grand Slam main draw this Monday. The tricky first-round encounter ended up in the hands of the Valencian (6-7, 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6), not without gritting his teeth and enduring more than expected in this first challenge of the US Open 2024. Now the difficulty multiplies in the next box: Alexei Popyrin awaits him in his upcoming Wednesday match.
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Pedro Martínez salva el pellejo en más de cuatro horas ante Kasnikowski

