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The first racket of Latvian men’s tennis Ernests Gulbis suffered a loss in the first round of qualifying for the Rome ATP Masters 1000 series on Saturday.
Swan, who is in the ATP rankings in 158th place, with the result 6-7 (6: 8), 1-6 gave way to the Australian Mark Polmens, who is in the 121st position.
Gulbis will receive 16 ATP points for participation in the first qualification round. To reach the main tournament, it is necessary to overcome two rounds of selection.
It has already been reported that on Monday Gulbis lost in the first round of Kitzbühel’s ATP “World Tour 250” series tournament, with 6-7 (3: 7), 1-6 conceding from German Jannik Hanfman, who is in the 118th position.
In previous weeks, Gulbis lost three Challenger tournaments in the second match of the Czech Republic, all giving way to Russian Aslan Karacev.
This Challenger competition for Gulbi was the first official tournament since the Davis Cup duel with Egypt, which took place in Latvia at the beginning of March. At the end of July, he participated in the Estonian-Latvian match in Tallinn, winning both singles and doubles.
Before the Davis Cup, Swan triumphed in France in the Po “Challenger” tournament, winning his fifth title and the first since 2007. Also at the beginning of the year, he successfully competed in the Australian Open, where he qualified and competed until the third round.
This season, Gulbis has gone to ATP level in 27 games, where he has won 18 games.
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