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A 31-year-old Lithuanian has chosen the Tokyo Olympics over the Tokyo Olympics Ričardas Berankis (ATP-84) arrived in Atlanta, USA, to host the Truist Atlanta Open ATP 250 Series Men’s Open Tennis Tournament.
Berankis, who healed a minor injury, will play in the first round with a 28-year-old American who received a nominal invite. Jacek Sock (ATP-207). Previously, these tennis players had only met once. 2013 Also in the United States tournament, Berankis demonstrated his superiority with the result 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1.
J.Sockas 2017 The ATP unit ranking rose to eighth place. During his career, the American won 4 ATP World Tour Series Tournaments and achieved the most significant victory in 2017. At the ATP 1000 tournament in France, where he became the winner.
J.Sock’s career in doubles is even more impressive. 2018 Finished second in the ATP doubles rankings, twice winning the Wimbledon Doubles Tournament, the US Open and the ATP Finals. 2016 At the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, J. Sock won gold in mixed doubles along with Bethanie Mattek-Sands and bronze in men’s doubles with Steve Johnson.
Since 2019 J.Sock began to suffer trauma. He went a long time without tennis, then he contributed to the covid-19 pandemic and the American fell dramatically in the ATP rankings. It also started this year’s season late, only in March. Due to his low ranking, he generally had to choose ATP Challenger tournaments. It took him a while to get there before Sock won the tournament in his hometown in early June. A couple of weeks ago, he started the ATP 250 tournament in Newport, USA, and reached the quarterfinals there, showing that his athletic form is improving.
The winning tennis player will obtain 20 ATP points and 11.93 thousand. USD, and in the second round he will face one of the Americans: John isneri (ATP-39) or JJWolfu (ATP-151). The loser will receive $ 7,175.
The prize pool for the ATP 250 series men’s tennis tournament in Atlanta is nearly 556,000. AMERICAN DOLLAR.
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