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ZIMBABWE international tennis star, Benjamin Lock suffered an early exit at the ongoing Morelos Challenger in Mexico.
The 30-year-old tennis ace was eliminated from the singles tournament in the qualification stage of the hard course event. He lost his qualifier match 2-0 against Christian Langmo from the United States of America (USA).
Lock went into the tour after an impressive run in last week’s Leon Challenger that saw him reach the quarter-finals.
In the Morelos Challenger, the Zimbabwean lost his two sets against the American 6-4 and 5-4 to suffer an early exit. He however, is yet to compete in the doubles of the championship.
He is partnered by Jose Rubin Statham from New Zealand and they are up against a Colombian duo of Nicolas Mejia and Andres Urrea in the doubles.
His defeat came after he had won the previous encounter 2-0 against Alfredo Perez from the USA as well. He won the two sets with scores of 6-4 and 6-3 as he got off his competition to a good start.
Against Langmo, in the first set he had three aces while the American had 10. He also had four double faults to Langmo’s two.
In the second set, the Zimbabwean star had two aces while his competitor had three and also had one double fault where the American had zero. In their previous meeting at the Monastir Challenger in Tunisia, Langmo emerged a 2-1 winner. — @brandon_malvin.
Sidumisile Mabena