Berankis was lucky: even after losing, he made it to the main stage



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In the second qualifying round of the ATP 250 Series BMW Open men’s tennis tournament in Munich, Germany Ričardas Berankis (ATP-89) after 1 hour 38 minutes of fighting 2: 6, 6: 3, 0: 6 landed a 27-year-old Belarusian Ilya Ivashi (ATP-111).

Despite the failure, Berankis got a second chance and made it to the main stage. Due to a right shoulder injury, the Korean withdrew from the main stage. Soon-woo kwonas, or italą Stefano travaglia stopped the injury to the right arm. This created two vacancies in the main stage, which were filled by R. Berankis and the Slovak, who lost in qualifying. Andrei Martin.

The spells of the main stage were not the worst for R. Berankis: in the first round he will receive a German who received a nominal invitation to the tournament. Maximilianas Martereris (ATP-214). The Lithuanian has won both matches against the German. It is true that they ran on a hard surface and Munich is played on the ground.

M.Marterer in 2018. He has risen to 45th in the ATP unit rankings, but has no ATP World Tour tournament titles and has recently suffered torture injuries. The German has won seven ATP Challenger tournaments and six ITF tournaments, and the finals were played mainly in land tournaments.

2021 So far, the German has played almost exclusively in Challenger tournaments, where he once reached the quarter-finals. He also tried to enter the Australian Open but failed to qualify.

For Berankis, victory would secure 26 ATP unit rating points and 9,000 euros, and in the second round he would have a favorite German Alexander Zverev (ATP-6). In case of defeat, Lithuania would receive 6 ATP unit rating points and 5,415 euros.

The prize fund for the ATP 250 series men’s tennis tournament in Munich amounts to 419.47 thousand. euros.

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