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The qualifying round of the ATP 1000 Series Western and Southern Open Men’s Tennis Tournament Units ended on Sunday in Cincinnati, USA. In the decisive – second round, a 31-year-old Lithuanian Ričardas Berankis (ATP-84) after almost an hour and a half of fighting 7: 6 (8: 6), 5: 7, 2: 6 lost to a 25-year-old Japanese Yoshihito nishiokai (ATP-57), although he led 4-0 in the second set.
The start of the match was delayed by almost an hour and a half due to the rain. Finally, when the match began, a duel of equal rivals broke out. R.Berankis struggled in the first set during his innings only in the seventh game, when he was even 0:40 behind. True, then he managed to neutralize three “break points” and win 5 points in a row. Y. Nishioka confidently delivered the ball to the entire set, for which he had to play an extra time.
Japan were long ahead in overtime (5: 2) and the former had a chance to win the set by one point (6: 5), but R. Berankis then played successfully during his passes. After 2 points won, Lithuania took the lead for the first time in extra time (7: 6). Y. Nishioka ran towards the net, and R. Berankis managed to “surround” him with a well-aimed shot and win the set.
End of first set extension:
In the second set, R. Berankis quickly won two series of rival passes and accumulated a great advantage (3: 0). Y. Nishioka tried to recover in the fourth game, when he had a “break point”, but the Lithuanian played with more precision in the most important moment, won his series of passes and was already 4: 0. R. Berankis lost part of the advantage in the sixth game. On the third attempt, Y. Nishioka realized a “breaking point” when the Lithuanian hit the net and came close to 2: 4.
Y. Nishioka didn’t stop at that. In the eighth game, he realized another “breaking point” and restored his balance (4: 4). After losing 0: 5, R. Berankis finally recovered in the 10th game, when he played successfully during his passes (5: 5). Unfortunately, in the twelfth game, R. Berankis’s problems passing the ball were renewed. He fell behind at 3:40 p.m., neutralized a set point, and then hit the net and lost the set (5: 7).
End of the second set:
The beginning of the third set was not successful for R. Berankis: he lost his series of passes and quickly fell behind 0: 3. The situation subsequently stabilized a bit, but in the eighth game R. Berankis lost his series of passes again and had to admit the opponent’s advantage (2: 6).
Y. Nishioka’s victorious point:
Match statistics:
Previously, these tennis players had not played against each other. Y. Nishioka is one of the few elite tennis players below the Lithuanian. R.Berankis height 175 cm, Y. Nishiokos – 170 cm.
Y. Nishioka rose to 48th in the ATP unit rankings last year. 2018 has won the only ATP 250 series unit tournament of his career in China so far. Last year, Y. Nishioka also played in the American final of the ATP 250 tournament, but then failed.
At the end of July, Nishioka attended the Tokyo Olympics, where he failed in the first round, and then failed to finish the first match at the ATP 500 in Washington, DC. Earlier this week, the Japanese qualified for the ATP 1000 in Toronto, Canada, finishing their first round of the main round.
Y. Nishioka obtained 35 ATP unit qualification points and 23.65 thousand. USD, and you will find your opponent on the main stage after the draw. R.Berankis received 16 ATP unit rating points and 12,595 thousand. AMERICAN DOLLAR.
The prize pool for the ATP 1000 Series Men’s Tennis Tournament in Cincinnati is just over $ 3 million. AMERICAN DOLLAR. Stars like the Russians plan to play here Daniilas Medvedevas, Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, German Alexander Zverev, russian Andrei Rublyov, britas Andy Murray’us and another.
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