Sanchez Izquierdo is the first to qualify for the quarter-finals
from Roberto Chiesa
10 is 2022
Robin Haase greets. The idea of being able to relive that triumphal ride that brought him to the title in 2010 ends here. It’s been 12 years and they all see themselves for a player at the end credits of a good career, but with a rhythm and continuity that is no longer racing. Honest Sanchez Izquierdo took advantage of it who played a logical, honest game, knowing how to wait for the predictable decline of the Dutchman who in fact arrived on time at the stroke of the first set. In fact, throughout the first game, Haase gave away vintage shots and stardust. A kind of “as we were” lasting just one set. Collected 6-2, Sanchez Izquierdo tried to increase the intensity of the dribble by turning the match on solidity. More continuous on the dribble, compared to a Haase foul beyond measure, perhaps eager to quickly close a story that the longer it went on and the more complicated it became. Rapid evolution of the second set won by the 23-year-old from Barcelona for 6-1 in a way that suggested an equally fast third. It wasn’t like that, because Haase has a couple of chances to go forward in the third and decisive run. But the desire or the need to close each shot in a couple of exchanges led him out of the game. And out of the tournament. Sanchez Izquierdo (6-3 to third) is the first qualified for the quarter-finals where to wait for the winner of the next match, the one between the top seed Carlos Taberner and Filip Cristian Jianu.
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