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The ATP 250 series Murray River Open men’s tennis tournament continues in Melbourne, Australia, the 30-year-old Lithuanian of whom is in the eighth final of the unit competition. Ričardas Berankis (ATP-72) for 1 val. 19 min. 4: 6, 2: 6 landed on a 27 year check Jiri vesely (ATP-69).
This was the third duel between R. Berankis and J. Vesely and the latter’s second victory.
In this match, J. Vesely made 8 irresistible passes, while R. Berankis – 3. The Lithuanian also committed 5 double errors, when J. Vesely – none.
In the first set, the ninth game became decisive, when R. Berankis lost his passes. In the second set, the Lithuanian made a mistake in the third and fifth games, and never “reacted” to his opponent.
The game was scheduled to be played on Thursday, but when one of the employees at the hotel where the tennis players were staying tested positive for COVID-19, all meetings were postponed to Friday and the players underwent coronavirus tests.
In the first round, R. Berankis defeated 6: 2, 6: 2 over 23-year-old Indita Nagala (ATP-138), whom he will face in the first round of the Australian Open tournament. In the second round, R. Berankis defeated the 27-year-old Australian Jason Kubler (ATP-263) by 7: 6 (7: 2, 7: 5).
R. Berankis also played doubles for Melbourne. In the first round, the pair of Lithuanian and Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin lost 3: 6, 4: 6 to Britons Cameron Norrie and Jonny O’Mara.
The prize fund for the ATP 250 series men’s tennis tournament in Melbourne amounts to 320,775 thousand. AMERICAN DOLLAR. For R. Berankis, this will be the last stage of preparation before the prestigious Australian Open tournament.
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