The Portuguese tennis player Frederico Silva assured this Sunday that he could not “enter well” in the final of the Yokkaichi Challenger and his opponent, Yosuke Watanuki, remained “always on top” to win the title “with a certain naturalness”.
The player from Caldas da Rainha, ranked 244 in the ATP ranking, was defeated by the Japanese player, ranked 173 in the world, in just two sets, with partials of 6-2 and 6-2, in one hour and 21 minutes.
“Obviously it wasn’t the result I wanted. It was a game in which I couldn’t get off to a good start, my opponent started much better and, throughout the game, he was always up front with a good level and ended up not letting me balance the result. It had merit in being able to close the two sets with a certain naturalness ”, he commented, in statements to the Portuguese agency.
For the second week in a row, Frederico Silva reached the final of a ‘challenger’ tournament, the third of his career, after last Sunday he lost the Kobe tournament title to the same rival, 24-year-old Yosuke Watanuki.
“It’s been a good two weeks. Obviously, when you get to the final, you want to win, but I have to look at these tournaments in a positive light. I had good games, I performed at a good level in several games and now it’s time to see what went much worse and try to improve so that next season I have more opportunities to play finals and have chances to win. tournaments”, completed the Portuguese.
Source: Observadora
