Without pain or glory, a new opportunity to improve the season for the Colombian tennis duo passed Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, who contested their third Masters 1000 of the year in Monte Carlo, but failed to go far on the road to the title and their hope ended in the round of 16.
In it court 2 of the Monte-Carlo Country Club, scene where the competition is taking place, the national rackets faced the Croatian Ivan Dodig and to the American austin krajicek in one of the most even matches they have had in their 2023 campaign, and despite having shown a great level, they could not prevent their fall.
In the first set the Colombians managed the first rallies with intelligence and were able to follow their rivals point by point, even going so far as to demonstrate better effectiveness in serves. Both couples had the opportunity, through a breakpoint, to break on the contrary, but they were only 3 points in it Tie-breaker those who ended up giving the advantage to dodig and krajicek, who ended up closing the set in favor with a 7-6 run.
For the last stage, the blow of having lost the first set did not end up sitting well with Juan Sebastián and Robert, who gave up a little more on clay and Ivan and Austin, they took the opportunity to press on attack. With the mentality in the right place and a 94% first serve conversion rate to points, plus a breakpoint, the North American and Croatian took the victory after closing with a partial 6-4.
It was then, in a total of 1 hour and 52 minutes of play, that Cabal and Farah were forced to pack their bags in their third Masters of the year and they will continue to barely maintain themselves in the world ranking at the mercy of their rivals not making merits to overcome them.
It should be remembered that in this tournament, tennis players coffee growers they passed the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters after beating the couple made up of the French in three sets Edgar Rogen Vasselin and the mexican santiago gonzalez.
with partials of 7-5, 6-7 and 10-5 Cabal and Farah managed to get rid of this duo, since just a previous tournament ago, they had eliminated them from the competition in the last Miami Masters.
The positive point for the Colombian duo came through the cash prizes. The Colombians did not leave Monte Carlo empty-handed, they earned a total of €21,980 for reaching that stage of the tournament, which would be approximately $107,440,635 million Colombian pesos.
Now, the duo tricolor He will have to evaluate what his next participation will be and the Barcelona Open, which will start on April 17, is considered a good test.
The rackets Tricolor They played their commitment to the round of 16 of the Miami Masters against the previously mentioned duo gonzalez and Roger Vasselin who are located in positions 31 and 37 of the world ranking respectively.
In 1 hour and 8 minutes of play, the Colombians were eliminated from this contest with partial scores. 6-3 and 6-4, signing a stake
As for the Indian Wells Masters. The most recognized Colombian duo in the world faced the Italian couple of Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli in the first round of the tournament and with sets of 6-7, 6-4 and 10-3 the Europeans ended up taking the victory, forcing the coffee growers to packing their bags early and leaving them with no jackpot.
