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The ATP 250 series Murray River Open men’s tennis tournament started in Melbourne, Australia, with 30-year-old Ričardas Berankis (ATP-72) from Lithuania in just 1 hour in the first round of unit competition. 1 minute. 6: 2, 6: 2 defeated 23-year-old Sumitu Nagalu (ATP-138). These tennis players had never played each other before.
R.Berankis started the game perfectly and already in the first game he “broke” the rival and went ahead. The Lithuanian certainly won his passing series, once again forcing his rival to make a mistake in the fifth game, when the score was already 4: 1. The Lithuanian successfully completed the first set and won it 6: 2. In the first set, both players made 3 double errors each.
R.Berankis also started the second set well and won two consecutive series of rival passes, made no mistakes in his passes and went ahead 4: 0. Although S. Nagalas won his legends during the remaining games, he never “reacted” to R. Berankis and had to acknowledge the Lithuanian advantage.
S. Nagalas has risen to position 122 in the ATP unit rankings. At the end of last season, the boat’s results weren’t particularly good. He made it to the second round of the US Open, but the Roland Garros pot fell after the first match, he failed to advance to the first round in two Challenger tournaments and qualified twice at the ATP 250, but lost both in the first round. .
Berankis, who achieved the victory, received 10 ATP points and $ 4,000, and in the second round he will meet the Australian who received the nominal invitation. Jasonu Kubleriu (ATP-263), who beat the Italian 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4 Lorenzo Sonego (ATP-34).
R. Berankis will also play in the doubles competition in Melbourne. Lithuanian Cameron Norrieir Jonny O’Mara will wait for Lithuanian and Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin in the first round.
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.
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