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The main stage of the prestigious Wimbledon tennis tournament in the “Great Accent” series began on Monday in London, Great Britain.
He recently celebrated his 31st birthday in the first round match and announced his refusal to participate in the Tokyo Olympics. Ričardas Berankis (ATP-80) met with 24-year-olds Lloydu Harrisu (ATP-51) of the Republic of South Africa.
Due to the rain, all Wimbledon first-round matches were postponed for the evening, with Berankis and Harris’ match only starting at around 7pm London time. After playing two sets, the match was suspended and moved to tomorrow due to darkness. After the first two sets, R. Berankis lost 3: 6, 4: 6.
R.Berankis came in quite strong, he couldn’t hold out the first game during L. Harris’ passes, and in the next game the Lithuanian opponent overcame the point from the “break point”, but R.Berankis managed to escape. In the third game, L. Harris easily won his passes again, but in the fourth game, R. Berankis missed the opportunity to win his passes by one point, and then, on the third attempt, L. Harris “broke” the Lithuanian and advanced 3: 1. Although it was not so easy for Harris to win his own innings in the fifth set and he did it only on the fourth attempt to win the deciding point, he later had no problems with his own innings and finished confidently the first set.
In the second set, R.Berankis played with more confidence, but in a decisive moment, when the score was 4: 4 and the Lithuanian delivered the ball, and L.Harris missed a point at the “break point”, after several substitutions he struck the net and allowed the opponent to explode. As is customary in this match, Harris had no problems with her tackles and won the second set, and the match was soon abandoned.
These tennis players had already met in 2019. Washington, DC, United States. Then the African won the match on the hard surface: 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1.
Harris had risen to 50th in the highest ATP unit rankings in April of this year. African shines in this year’s ATP 500 series tournament in the United Arab Emirates, where he defeated Austria Dominica Thiema and even reached the final. 2020 also played in the final of the ATP 250 tournament in Australia, but then also lost the deciding match. The African has 3 ATP Challenger and 13 ITF tournament titles. Everyone wins by playing on a hard surface.
At Wimbledon, the African’s achievements are very modest. 2018 fell in the first qualifying round, and in 2019 – in the first round of the main stage. Before this year’s Wimbledon tournament, Harris managed to play three grass tournaments in June. He did better at the ATP 500 tournament in Halle (Germany), where he beat France Gaelį Monfilas, Slovak Lukašą Lacko and reached the quarterfinals.
Previously, R. Berankis participated in the Wimbledon tournament 9 times. Lithuania entered the second round three times (in 2010, 2015 and 2019). This is the only tournament in the “Big Accent” series, in which R. Berankis has failed to advance to the third round. The Lithuanian fell 4 times in the first round of the main stage and did not pass qualifying twice.
Just for participating in this year’s tournament, R. Berankis will receive 10 ATP unit rating points and 48,000. pounds (55.9 thousand euros). The victory in the first round would provide Lithuania with 45 ATP unit rating points and 75 thousand. British pounds (87.35 thousand euros), and in the second round it would be expected by the Russians Andrei Rublyov (ATP-7) or Argentine Federico Delbonis (ATP-48).
Stars like the Spaniards will miss this year’s Wimbledon tournament Rafaelis Nadalis, D. Thiemas, Belgians David goffin, Canadian Milošas Raoničius he is swiss Stanas Wawrinka. The main favorite here is the Serbian. Novak Djokovic, who has a chance to win the 20th “Great Accent” unit title and catch up with the all-time record holder: Switzerland Rogerį Federerį and R. Nadal.
R.Berankis will also participate in the doubles tournament, and in the first round on Wednesday Lithuanian and German Dominikas Koepferis will play against Australia John millman and argentinian Guido Pellą. The winners will win 19 thousand. pounds (22.1 thousand euros) and 90 ATP two rating points each, and the losers will split 12 pounds. British pounds (13.96 thousand euros).
The total prize pool for the Wimbledon tournament is $ 35.016 million. British pounds (40.78 million euros).
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