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Bulgarian tennis player Alexander Donski achieved a third victory in a row

The Davis Cup national team qualified for the second singles round of the Challenger series hard court tournament in Posoblanco

Jul 17, 2024 05:28 86

The Davis Cup national team Alexander Donski achieved his third consecutive victory and qualified for the second round of singles at the hard court tennis tournament of the "Challenger" series. in Posoblanco (Spain) with a prize fund of 36,900 euros, BTA reported.

The Bulgarian, who successfully overcame the qualifications after two successes, won the opening main draw against Ulises Blanch (USA) 6:3, 6:1 in about an hour of play, after dominating throughout the match.

The next opponent of the 25-year-old Donski, who earned 7 points for the world ranking and 620 euros from the prize fund, will be number 2 Yegor Gerasimov (Belarus). The two have never met before.

In doubles, Alexander Donski and Thiago Pereira (Portugal) are third seeded and will meet Oscar Gutierrez (Brazil) and Noah Lopez (Switzerland) at the start.

Another Bulgarian Iliyan Radulov, who started directly from the main draw, also continues in the second round after defeating qualifier Peter Buldorini (Italy) 6:3, 6:3 in 72 minutes.

In contention for a place in the quarterfinals, he will play the winner of the match between No. 1 Antoine Escoffier (France) and Ivan Marrero Curbelo (Spain).