Croatia Open: Daniel beats US Open junior champ Landaluce in three sets

Japan’s Taro Daniel won against Spanish wildcard Martin Landaluce 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Croatia Open at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag on Monday.

Landaluce won the boys singles title at the US Open last September and the 17-year-old topped the ITF world junior rankings for the first time in February this year.

Daniel, ranked No 113, will play No 4 seed Roberto Carballes Baena next.

After the match, Daniel posted a tweet in which he said he needed a tough win like this. “Umag ATP made it through to the second round. The opponent was a junior player who was the world’s top player, and it was a tough match. We needed a win like this, so I’m glad we made it through. I will do my best next time! The game ended at 11:00 p.m. due to rain interruptions. can’t sleep”

Umag ATPで2回戦へ突破💪　相手はジュニアで世界トップの選手で危ない所まで持っていかれたタフな試合でした。このような勝利を必要としていたのでなんとか進めて良かったです。次も頑張ります！雨の中断もあり試合夜11時終了。寝れない🙃

— ダニエル太郎/Taro Daniel (@tarodaniel93) July 24, 2023

Umag ATP250, other first-round matches (ITC Stella Maris, clay, EUR 562,815):

• Dominic Thiem beat Facundo Bagnis (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Alexei Popyrin beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-4, 7-5
• Dino Prizmic (WC) beat Duje Ajdukovic (WC): 6-1, 6-2
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Filip Misolic
• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Federico Coria
• Marco Cecchinato vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Jaume Munar
• Zsombor Piros vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Jesper De Jong vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Marin Čilić vs. Flavio Cobolli

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