Estonian tennis star Mark Lajal exits Stockholm Open in round 1
Estonia's top men's tennis player Mark Lajal (ATP No. 149) is out of the Stockholm Open after a first round defeat to Tomas Martin Etcheverry of Argentina (ATP No. 63).
Lajal took the initiative at the start of the first set, racing into a 3- lead before Etcheverry broke back in the fifth game to level the scores. The Argentinian eventually took the set in a tie-break.
In the decisive third set, Lajal once again took a 3-0 lead, before Etcheverry found another gear, winning six games in a row to take the match 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 3-6.
Etcheverry will now face Serbia's Miomir Kecmanović (ATP No. 49) in the second round. Kecmanović knocked out France's Alexandre Müller (ATP No. 43) with a 6-4, 6-1 victory in round 1.
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Editor: Michael Cole, Henrik Laever
