Defeated in his last five games, Adrian Mannarino finally returned to victory, in the first round of the Geneva tournament against Filip Krajinovic.
Adrian Mannarino finally holds his second victory of the season on clay! Brilliant during the North American hard court tour in February-March, the French player won his first round on the land of Oeiras in Portugal on April 18. And since then, nothing! The world No. 47 had lost his last five games on the ocher surface, before returning to success on Monday in Geneva, where he is seeded No. 8. Opposed for the first time in eleven years to Filip Krajinovic, “Manna” won with the score of 7-5, 6-1 in 1h20. Author of four aces and 53% of first serves during this meeting, he started strong by leading 3-0, but the Serb managed to equalize at 5-5 on his very first break chance. The Frenchman then had to save a break point at 5-5, he succeeded, and it was ultimately he who made the difference by taking his opponent’s serve at 6-5, thus converting his fourth set point .
Pella or Ivashka to come
Krajinovic had obviously given everything, because in the second set, Mannarino again led 3-0, but this time the Serb failed to come back, and again lost his service at 5-1, and therefore the match. In the next round, he will be opposed to the Argentinian Pella or the Belarusian Ivashka, with his sights set on a quarter-final against Taylor Fritz, seeded n°2 in this Swiss tournament (Casper Ruud is n°1). Following the elimination of Benoit Paire on Sunday, Adrian Mannarino is the last Frenchman in contention in Geneva. Also note the qualification of the seeded n°7, the Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles, at the expense of the Ukrainian qualifier Vitaliy Sachko: 6-2, 6-4.
