Retired footballer Diego Forlan misplaced 6-1 6-2 in 47 minutes on his skilled tennis debut in a doubles occasion in his native Uruguay.
The previous Manchester United and Atletico Madrid striker, 45, and Argentine accomplice Federico Coria misplaced to Bolivian pair Boris Arias and Federico Zeballos after receiving a wildcard for the Uruguay Open in Montevideo.
The match was on the ATP Challenger Tour – the extent under the primary ATP Tour.
“I hadn’t even imagined, not to mention dreamed of this,” stated Forlan, through claytennis.com, exterior. “It is great to have performed towards professionals.”
Each pairs held serve to start out the match, however Arias and Zeballos rapidly pulled away after incomes a break within the third sport of the primary set.
Regardless of loud help for Forlan, the second set adopted in comparable style with Forlan and Coria struggling to compete of their opponents’ service video games and never incomes a break level.
“The environment on this court docket that I like a lot was unbelievable; my mates, my household had been right here. It was very particular, and I loved it,” Forlan stated.
“I felt like a tennis participant for a second.”
