The Challenger Bolivia, which is held at the Santa Cruz Tennis Club in the capital of Santa Cruz, was left without local representatives. Juan Carlos Prado, who was the only national hope, fell this Thursday in a great match against the Lebanese Hady Habib by 6-7 (3-7), 6-4 and 5-7, in two hours and 57 minutes of play.
In the first set, The man from Santa Cruz began by losing his serve, but then he managed to break his rival’s serve and everything was decided in the tie break, in which Habib won 6-7 (3-7), in one hour and seven minutes.
In the second round, everything was even, until Prado broke his opponent’s last serve and it was enough to win 6-4, in 49 minutes.
The third and final set, the Bolivian fought until the last to achieve victory, also encouraged by the public that gathered in the stands of the central court, but the Lebanese was stronger, who in the end won 5-7, in one hour and one minute of play, and Our compatriot was out of the race.
Hady Habib is better positioned than Prado in the ranking of the Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP). The Lebanese occupies position number 275, while the Bolivian is on step 423.
In the previous two matches, Prado also played three sets. In the first round he defeated the American Dali Blanch 4-6, 6-4 and 6-3; and then he beat the Argentine Renzo Olivo, in the round of 16, 6-2, 3-6 and 6-3.
Habib’s next rival will be the Argentine Juan Manuel Cerúndoloseeded as number one in the tournament, who beat Brazilian Pedro Sakamoto 6-4, 6-3.
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