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The main stage of the ATP 500 series men’s Citi Open tennis tournament began in Washington, DC, on Monday. 31-year-old Lithuanian in first round Ričardas Berankis (ATP-86) in 1 hour 35 minutes 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 2 defeated a 27-year-old American Mitchellą Kruegerį (ATP-174).
From the beginning of the first set, a duel of equal rivals broke out. During the first 11 games, no tennis player had even a break point. Only in game 12 did R. Berankis find himself through the won set point, but did not realize the single “break point”. I had to play an overtime, at the beginning of which the players exchanged the winning points during the opponent’s innings. Later, the fight for equality continued for a long time, until M. Krueger stopped to make two of his passes, lagging 4: 5. The American made unprovoked errors twice in a row, hit the net and lost the set.
End of the first set:
In the third game of the second set, R. Berankis won the opponent’s series of innings “dry”, in the seventh game he once again realized a “break point” and broke already 5: 2. R. Berankis He had almost no problems the entire set during his innings, but in the eighth game he gave the opponent the first “break point”. M. Kruegeris returned the ball well, and R.Berankis played aggressively and tied the score with a shot down the line. Lietuvis had a chance to finish the match but scored. Krueger soon scored his second “break point”. The Lithuanian smiled successfully: the ball that blocked the net landed on the opponent’s side and R. Berankis won the longest ball game. During the eighth game, the Lithuanian wasted four “match points”, but finally ended the match on the fifth attempt.
End of the second set:
Match statistics:
Krueger has never been in the top 100 of the ATP unit rankings. He was at his all-time high in 2019, when he ranked 158th. He won the ATP Challenger in India last week, and last year in New York, for the first time in his career, he reached the second round of the US Open.
Washington is playing on a hard surface where Krueger feels better. In it, he won both of his career ATP Challenger unit tournaments and 2 of the 3 ITF unit tournaments. He also won an ITF tournament title on the spot.
R.Berankis obtained 20 ATP unit rating points and 13.3 thousand. USD, and in the second round he will meet with the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovičiumi (ATP-59). The prize pool for the ATP 500 Series Men’s Tennis Tournament in Washington is just over $ 1.895 million. AMERICAN DOLLAR.
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