Challenger Madrid. Full of Spaniards on the first day of competition; Llamas delivers and Sergi Pérez knocks out Géa

The ATP Challenger de Madrid 2026 could not have started in a better way for Spanish tennis. On the first day of the main draw, the three Spanish players in contention secured victories: Pablo Llamas, Sergi Pérez, and Nikolás Sánchez. Llamas, as the fourth seed, delivered, although not without exerting himself in a nearly three-hour battle against Federico Ferreira (6-4, 4-6, 7-5). Pérez followed with a triumph, surprising the second seed, Arthur Géa, with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 victory, and Sánchez closed the day by defeating the Bulgarian prospect Ivan Ivanov, 7-5, 6-2.

The final matches of the qualifying rounds were also contested, and Oriol Roca was the only Spanish player to advance to the main draw after Abedallah Shelbayh retired (4-6, 6-1, 3-0). However, the defeats of Iñaki Montes, Pablo Manzano, and Carlos Sánchez Jover must be regretted.

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