Marcondes falls in the Fort Worth last 16 but stays alive in doubles
Igor Marcondes lost to Erik Arutiunian in the Fort Worth Challenger round of 16 but reached the doubles semi-finals with Gabriel Debru.
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O paulista Igor Marcondes foi eliminado nas oitavas de final do challenger 75 de Fort Worth, torneio disputado em quadras duras nos Estados Unidos. O canhoto de 29 anos e número 266 do ranking perdeu para Erik Arutiunian, bielorrusso que ocupa o 588º posto, com parciais de 7/6 (7-5) e 7/5, depois de 1h56 de jogo.
A campanha ainda rende pontos: por ter vencido uma rodada, diante do norte-americano Sebastian Gorzny, Marcondes soma seis pontos na ATP, recupera quatro posições e chega perto do seu recorde pessoal, o 258º posto, obtido em 2022.
Em San Diego, no fim de setembro, ele havia disputado a terceira final de challenger da carreira — a primeira da temporada. Nesta temporada, são 15 vitórias e 16 derrotas nesse nível.
O primeiro set desta quinta teve quatro quebras de serviço. Marcondes chegou a ter dois set-points com 6/5 no comando, mas o rival confirmou o saque e fechou no tiebreak. Na segunda parcial, Arutiunian conseguiu mais duas quebras e precisou de quatro match-points para selar a vitória.
Nas duplas, porém, a semana segue. No complemento da rodada desta quinta, a parceria de Marcondes com o francês Gabriel Debru avançou: 3/6, 6/4 e 10-5 sobre a dupla formada pelo norte-americano Ozan Baris e pelo japonês Kenta Miyoshi.
A próxima barreira é a dupla da casa: Cooper Woestendick e o tenista espanhol Albert Pedrico Kravtsov. Eles eliminaram Luis David Martinez e Alex Rybakov com parciais de 7/5 e 6/3.
Quem também parou foi Lucas França. Um dia depois de conquistar seu primeiro ponto na ATP, o brasileiro de 18 anos abandonou a partida das oitavas do M25 de Luanda, em quadras duras de Angola, quando perdia por 6/1 e 5/0 para o tenista da casa Daniel Domingos. França treina atualmente na Argentina.
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