Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic became the first opponent of the Spaniards Raphael Nadal After 78 minutes of play at the Mutua Madrid Open, he defeated Kazakh Alexander Bublik 6-4, 7-5 in the first round match.

The Balearic player had only met once before with Kecmanovic, who won his first win in the Madrid tournament he participated in for the second time. He was in Acapulco two seasons ago. The victory belonged to the Spaniards.

The Belgrade player did not face much opposition in Bublik, who set his record for the first time in Montpellier this year. Kecmanovic throughout his career he just lifted a trophyServed throughout the match in Kitzbühel in 2020. To close the win, it was enough to break the Kazakh player’s serve once in each set.

Kecmanovic is in a good line. Semi-finalist in Munich last week, at least quarter-finals in the last six tournaments who argued

He now faces a commitment against Nadal in the second round on Wednesday. This will mark the new beginning of the five-time winner of the Madrid Masters 1000, who hasn’t played since the Indian Wells final, as he had to stop to recover from an injury. broken ribs.

The third favorite Spanish tennis player has only lost one game so far this year. In the final of that tournament, he was against American Taylor Fritz. Others he has played in, Acapulco, Australian Open, and Melbourne, have successfully finished for twenty-one Grand Slam titles.