Albert Ramos Vinolas bid farewell to the Estoril ATP 250 in the first round after losing to Jurij Rodionov 6-3, 1-6, 4-6.
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In an idyllic place and wonderful memories Albert Ramos Vinolas started his European tour on clay. Away from most people, as they put him on the second court of this venue, hitting in time with the best Portuguese in recent years, such as Joao Sousa. After losing their last four matches, they faced a Yuri Rodionov who had stayed in Europe to play the Challenger tour on hard indoor courts. Last week he reached the semi-finals in Lille.
Ramos is ahead
Although Rodionov didn’t compete on this surface for several months, he brought out that competitive side. The beginning of the game brought long and unknown points. Quite the excitement when the Mataró man had to decide his first game with a break point against him. A situation that would then bring him another option, so that he was the one placed in front. However, hardly anything was given away and that was the tone the episode took. Shades of smoothness and hardness in every point.
Neither had easy games on serve, but Ramos served for 5-4. A 15-40 lead that all indicated there would be more minutes in the first set was halted as Albert reeled off four straight points to win the set nearing the hour mark.
Huge problems with serving
Ramos Vinolas’ problems continued in his service. The situation where so much time was spent playing with fire was worth the fact that the set was on its way to Yuri. The Austrian if he could be more effective when the first blow gave him more fruit. Two breaks in the first two rounds and then 0-5, 30-30. With this, the main task of the Spaniards in the face of the final attack was obvious. However, Rodionov had to fight for a set with a fight in the last points. Nevertheless, his welcome conclusion had other guidelines in terms of sensations.
The Spaniard was going to continue suffering with this offer. From the beginning of the partial, the problems kept increasing. Two break balls that he saved, but later without resolving the situation, he saw how Yuri took a big step in order to take the win in this first round. In the sixth game, he was able to press with a break point while his serve record increased. Now, however, he was the one who had to force his opponent. He didn’t succeed that time and found himself 5-4 and Rodionov had the power to put the ball in play.
Eventually Rodionov was going to finish this match against Albert Ramos Vinola at the ATP 250 tournament in Estoril.. The Spaniard came close at 15-30, but when the Austrian got the first shock ball, the meeting ended, which exceeded two hours and 20 minutes.
