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For Berankis, this was the first match since the Australian Open in early February.
During that time, the 30-year-old Lithuanian had also returned to Lithuania, where he was vaccinated against COVID-19, and broke a long silence at the Miami Open.
R. Berankis, who started the match perfectly, twice in the first set nubreikino rival and led 5: 2, but could not “close” the match – the Italian won four geimus in a row and scammed tie-breaker.
In it, the players went hand in hand until the score was 2: 3. R. Berankis won five points out of six and broke the opponent in the first set.
Pulling the shackles of emotion, in the second set, the Lithuanian managed to secure a lot. Having won the opponent’s competitions twice, R. Berankis won the victory and entered the second round.
The Lithuanian made very few mistakes in this match: the goal was reached by 65 percent. his first passes (F.Gaio – 58%), in addition, R.Berankis did not commit double errors (F.Gaio – 2).
The Lithuanian tennis player received 13,451 euros and 25 ATP rating points for the victory.
His second rival in Miami will be the German Jan-Lennard Struff (ATP-42).
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