2023-04-26 14:02:56
David Goffin (ATP 95) failed to resist the Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena (ATP 53), winner on a double 6-4, Wednesday in the first round of the ATP tournament in Madrid, played on clay in the Spanish capital.
Very solid on his first service ball, Carballes Baena never really opened the door to Goffin in this meeting. If the two men remained neck and neck at the start of the match, the Spaniard managed to break the Liégeois in the 7th game to finally pocket the first set 6-4.
In the next round, Carballes Baena will face Alexander Zverev.
Unable to get any break point, Goffin applied to not concede any to his opponent in the second set. It lasted until the ninth game when Carballes Baena finally managed to take Goffin’s serve to make it 5-4 and followed it up with an extra game to pocket the game.
Last week, Goffin was taken out in the 2nd round of the Barcelona tournament by Yoshihito Nishioka when he got rid of the Spaniard Feliciano Lopez during the first round.
Ninety-fifth player in the world, David Goffin had to defend the 115 points acquired last year at the Madrid tournament and risks leaving the Top 100.
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