Slovakia's Gombos Stuns Carreno Busta In Montpellier
Slovakia’s Gombos Stuns Carreno Busta In Montpellier
Slovakian Norbert Gombos earned the upset of the day on Monday at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier.
The 29-year-old right-hander knocked out sixth seed and former World No. 10 Pablo Carreno Busta 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to reach the second round of the ATP 250. Gombos, No. 104 in the FedEx ATP Rankings, will next meet Finnish qualifier Emil Ruusuvuori or Austrian Dennis Novak.
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France’s Gregoire Barrere set up a second-round meeting with fourth seed Grigor Dimitrov after beating Portugal’s Joao Sousa 6-2, 7-6(6). The 25-year-old Frenchman saved 88 per cent (7/8) of the break points he faced and won 60 per cent (15/25) of his second-serve points.
In the only other main draw match of the day, Canadian Vasek Pospisil was perfect on break points and beat Slovenian Aljaz Bedene 6-3, 6-4. The 29-year-old Pospisil saved all five break points faced and converted both break points he saw on Bedene’s serve.
Pospisil will next face countryman and third seed Denis Shapovalov. The #NextGenATP left-hander leads their ATP Head2Head 1-0, a straight-sets win last month at the ASB Classic in Auckland.
