Pablo Carreño saves a bleak day for Spanish tennis in Shanghai

The day of Thursday, October 8, at the ATP Shanghai has been a dark one for Spanish tennis. Of the four matches played, only Pablo Carreño has been able to advance to the second round after defeating Mariano Navone with a score of 4-6, 7-5, and 6-3 after nearly three hours of battle. However, both Jaume Munar and Dani Mérida, as well as Martín Landaluce, lost at the first hurdle. 

Carreño's match was of very high level against a player who on hard court has already defeated Novak Djokovic and Matteo Berrettini at the US Open. Pablo continues to demonstrate that he is resilient like few others, and found his reward by reaching a second round where he will face Alejandro Tabilo, the 29th seed. The head-to-head is favorable for the Spanish player with two victories to one, though in the most recent match it was the Chilean who took the victory at the ATP Rome with a score of 6-2, 6-1.

Munar, Mérida, and Landaluce fall short in their attempts

After reaching the semifinals at the ATP Tokyo, the one who has suffered a tough setback is Jaume Munar, who succumbed to Jenson Brooksby with a score of 7-5, 6-4 after a match marked by a first set in which he was leading 5-1 with serve. From there, he fell apart and everything became uphill. Later, it was Dani Mérida's turn, who lost to Botic Van de Zandschulp with a score of 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. The first set boded well for the Spaniard, but the Dutchman relied on his experience and sealed his place in the second round.

To make matters worse, almost simultaneously, Martín Landaluce also fell to a specialist on these courts, Jan-Lennard Struff, with a double 6-4, in a duel where he wasted up to 7 break points throughout the match. A weight too heavy against a server that cost him elimination and closed a day to forget.

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