Argentine tennis player Correa to the quarter-finals in Marrakesh

Korea, No. 60 in the professional standings, needed 1 hour and 19 minutes to eliminate the primary, No. 215 in the world standings.

The South American hit a straight five with his serve against a European, had a 69 percent effectiveness on the first serve, higher than his 53-serving opponent, and made four breaks on six chances for one of the four-defeated.

In addition, he won 74 percent of kick-offs compared to 52 for Paesque, who also beat him in second serve goals (67 to 59).

The Argentine made his debut last Tuesday in the Moroccan exhibition, defeating Spaniard Alejandro Davidovic, who is ranked 43rd in the world rankings, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, and this Thursday he maintained his level to defeat Pesek for second place. At the same time, he also beat him last year in Challenger in Milan, Italy.

Tomorrow, Korea will face Frenchman Richard Gasquet, who beat Russian Pavel Kotov 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the first and ninth candidate in the world, suddenly fell to Slovakian Alex Mulkan 4-6, 6-2, 6-7 (7/9).

Mulkan, who finished 65th in the standings and reached the finals in Belgrade in 2021, took two and a half hours to leave North America out of competition, a hot favorite for the title, this year’s champion in Rotterdam and a finalist in Marseille who had the match point he couldn’t capitalize on. .

In the quarter-finals, he will face the Slovakian Dutch sixth seed Botic van de Zandscholp, who ousted Czech Vet Kopriva 6-2 6-4.

Spaniard Roberto Karpeles also agreed to the best quarter-final by defeating Portuguese Joao Sousa 6-2, 7-6 (7/4).

Karbales will seek a place in the semi-finals against Belgium’s David Goffin, who beat compatriot Pablo Andujar 5-7, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3.

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