The Spanish duel ended with Ramos victory over Munar (6-2 and 6-3). His rival in the quarterfinals will be Jeremy Chardy.
Spanish tennis maintains its prominence in the Kitzbuhel tournament (Austria) after the victories this Wednesday of Albert Ramos, Fernando Verdasco and Pablo Andújar, to access the quarterfinals in the ATP 250 event that takes place on clay.
Ramos, champion last Sunday in Gstaad, maintained the cruising speed to overcome in two sets and just over an hour (6-2, 6-3) even Jaume Munar who entered the game losing his serve. Ramos then saved two 'break' balls and held on ahead until he broke again in the seventh game. The script was the same in the second set, and Ramosse cited in quarters with Jeremy Chardy.
After his two early defeats in Bastad and Gstaad, Verdascodebutó with victory in the Austrian appointment with a 6-4, 7-6 (7) against Slovak Jozef Kovalik. The Madrid arrived with advantage to a tight second set, where two 'breaks' by side sent the partial to sudden death. There Kovalik had three set balls, but Verdasco went back to see him now with Lorenzo Sonego.
The Italian was the executioner of Carballés, after a hard match to three sets (2-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1)). The almost three hours of the match began with a partial solid of the Spaniard, Sonego reacted without vertigo to take the second set in sudden death. Carballés came to have a match ball in the third set, but the Italian forced the tiebreaker and claimed revenge for this year's defeat in Buenos Aires against the Canary.
The Spanish day, delayed by the rain, ended with the victory of Pablo Andújar over Philipp Kohlschreiber with a double 6-4. The Cuenca was always ahead in the first set with an early 'break' and came with more confidence to the second round. The German again lost his first serve and with alternatives for both in the rest, the Spanish achieved his victory by fast track that cites him in the semifinals against Dominic Thiem.