Drummondville (Canada) – After having played in Calgary last week and abandoned in the round of 16, Gabriel Décamps is playing his second tournament in Canada and is beaten from the start of the challenger from Drummondville, on hard and covered. Décamps was eliminated by Canadian Alexis Galarneau, seeded 7th in the tournament and 214th in the standings, by 3/6, 6/2 and 7/6 (9-7) 2:39 from the start. The native of São Paulo even led the last set by 5/1 and got a match point in the decisive tie-break.

Pauliste, 23, Décamps occupies the 279th place in the ATP ranking and has a personal record of the 262nd position, reached in September. He has 14 wins in the challengers main draw this season and was only 501st in the world at the start of the year. In December, he will have 29 points to defend.

Although he lost serve early in the game and only won two of the first eight points contested, Décamps quickly took control of the action. He would not see his serve threatened again until the end of the first set and managed three breaks to win the partial. In the second set, Galarneau managed to pressure Décamps’ serve all the time. The Canadian created eight break points and broke twice. The Brazilian, on the other hand, had three break chances in the same game and didn’t take advantage of them.

From the opening of the last set, Décamps escaped a break point and even managed a break to start with 3/0 on the scoreboard. When the paulista led by 4/1, the Canadian reversed a 0-40 and kept the service. Shortly after, Décamps led 5/3 and served for the game, when he suffered a break. In the final straight of the game, Galarneau had the advantage in the rare rallies played from the back of the field and also sought motivation from the crowd.

Décamps had to deal with the frustrations of missed chances and tried to break his opponent’s pace with slices and served well to save the break point at 5/5. In the tie-break, the São Paulo player won important arguments in the net, but the Canadian continued to be superior in the changes in the background, after unforced errors from Décamps. Each player saved a match point before the match was set.