Jaume Munar bids farewell to first round against Russian Roman Safiullin, who will face Novak Djokovic

The Canadian tennis player Félix Auger-Aliassime will be the rival of the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in his debut at the tournament in Monte Carlo (Monaco), the third Masters 1.000 of the season and played on clay, in which Jaume Munar told the see again in the first day to fall this Monday against the Russian Roman Safiullin (7-5, 6-1).

The Murcian, world number three, is exempt from the first round due to his status as third seed in the Monaco competition, and will make his debut in the second round against the number 35 in the ATP rankings, who beat Italian Luca Nardi . in his debut without balls against face break (6-2, 6-3).

This will be the sixth time that the two tennis players will meet on the circuit, with a positive record of 3-2 for the North American. After falling in the first three duels between the two, Alcaraz managed to beat Auger-Aliassime in the quarterfinals of the Masters 1,000 in Indian Wells in 2003, and that same year he beat him again in the Californian desert in road to revalidate his crown.

For his part, Munar was eliminated in Monte-Carlo after losing the match against Safiullin, who will be the first rival of the world number one, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, in the Principality.

The Spaniard, current world number 72, took a 2-1 lead in the first set with a break in the third game to which the Russian responded with a counterbreak. A new break from his opponent during the twelfth game, after five lost break points from the Spaniard, closed the first set.

Already in the second set, Safiullin took the lead and started with a 5-0 that Munar was able to stop by winning his only serve of the whole set, before his rival ended the match after an hour and 37 minutes game. .