The Czech tennis player Live in Lehecka He beat the Spanish this Wednesday Martin Landaluce in the quarterfinal match of the Miami Open. The Madrid native, the last representative of the ‘Armada’ in the draw, fell 7-6 and 7-5 in just over two hours of a tough match.
The 20-year-old from Madrid still alternates between professional circuit tournaments and ‘challengers‘ and in this Masters 1000 in Miami he had become the lowest ranked (151) to reach the round of 16 in the history of the tournament.
After entering the main draw from the qualifying round, he left behind rivals such as the American Marcos Giron in the first round, the Italian Luciano Darderi (17th seed) in the second, the Russian Karen Khachanov (14th) and the American Sebastian Korda (32nd), executioner of Carlos Alcarazbefore quarters.
Furthermore, it had become the last Spanish option after the aforementioned Alcaraz fell along the way, Alexander DavidovichRafa Jódar, as well as Cristina Bucsa and Paula Badosa in the women’s box.
Despite the defeat, the Madrid native leaves Key Biscayne with his head held high after having endured a rival like Lightweight without giving up a single ‘break’ until the end, since the final game was the only one of the entire match.
In fact, Landaluce endured harassment Lightweight in the twelfth game of the second set, saving three match points before handing over the spoon.