MANILA – Filipino Ruben Gonzales and American Reese Stalder took an early exit on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger in Monterrey, Mexico over the weekend.
The two fought again within the second set however had been overpowered within the tie-breaker by German Maximillian Marterer and Frenchman Benoit Paire, who escaped with a 6-4, 3-6, 10-4 win within the round-of-16 at Club Sonoma exhausting courtroom.
Last week, Gonzales reached a career-best doubles rating of No. 120 following a runner-up end on the ATP Challenger in Manama, Bahrain.
Gonzales and Brazilian companion Fernando Romboli misplaced to 3rd seeds Patrik Niklas Salminen of Finland and Bart Stevens of the Netherlands, 3-6, 4-6.
On their strategy to the finals, Gonzales and Romboli defeated Toshihide Matsui and Kaito Uesugi of Japan, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (7), 10-6; Andrea Arnaboldi of Italy and Alexandre Muller of France, 7-6 (4), 6-2; and prime seeds Roman Jebavy of Czech Republic and Jonny O’Mara of United Kingdom, 7-5, 4-6, 10-5.
Playing because the No. 2 seeds on the Tenerife Challenger 3 in Spain final week, Gonzales and Romboli had been eradicated within the semifinals by No. 4 seeds Andrew Harris of Australia and Christian Harrison of the United States, 2-6, 4-6.
Gonzales and Stalder reached the ultimate of the Cleveland Open final January, shedding to American Robert Galloway and Mexican Hach Verdugo, 3-6, 7-5, 10-6.
Gonzales, who pocketed three ATP Challenger titles final 12 months, will likely be a part of the Philippine crew within the Cambodia Southeast Asian (SEA) Games on May 5 to 17.
Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Indiana, Gonzales turned a member of the nationwide crew in 2010.
Aside from the SEA Games the place he persistently makes the rostrum, he has competed within the Davis Cup and Asian Games.
He took the doubles gold with fellow Fil-Am Treat Huey within the Vietnam SEA Games final 12 months.
Gonzales additionally bagged the doubles silver medal with Huey (2019, Manila), Francis Casey Alcantara (2017, Malaysia), and Jeson Patrombon (2015, Singapore).
Meanwhile, Huey and Mexican Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela misplaced to Americans Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow within the quarterfinal spherical of the Dallas Open.
Alcantara, who hails from Cagayan de Oro City, can be gearing up for the SEA Games.
He performed three tournaments within the International Tennis Federation World Tennis Tour final month.
He teamed up with Ray Ho of Chinese Taipei on the M15 Jakarta in Indonesia, reaching the semifinal spherical the place they fell to Japanese duo Keisuke Saitoh and Naoki Tajima, 4-6, 2-6.
In Thailand, Alcantara and Japanese companion Hiroki Moriya misplaced to Koreans Nam Ji-sung and Song Min-kyu, 4-6, 6-7 (0) within the opening spherical of the Nothaburi Challenger 50 in January.
Every week earlier, Alcantara and Yu Hsiou Hu of Chinese Taipei misplaced to Marek Gengel and Adam Pavlasek of Czech Republic, 7-5, 2-6, 5-10, within the Nonthaburi Challenger 75. (PNA)