Marc! out of the Athens Open

(Yeah, the news is a few days late, but it’s difficult to find out who’s playing what tournament on the Challenger’s tour. Oh, and okay…I didn’t think to check until now.)

Looks like Marc! had a sucky day on the 9th – he lost in both the singles and doubles at the Athens Open. From the singles match write up it sounds like he put up a good fight, though.

Number 2 seed Denis Istomin overcame Marc Lopez and advanced to the quarterfinal.

The player from Uzbekistan had to save 7 (out of 10) break points during the 2 hour match to subdue the resistance of Lopez 7-5, 7-6(5). The Spaniard had 9 aces in his 12 service games. Denis said: “It was a hard test for my next matches which might be even more difficult. This victory over a clay court specialist like Lopez increases my confidence for the next matches”.

Now to figure out where the heck he’s playing next…

Posted on April 11, 2009 at 11:56 pm by miri

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