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The 30-year-old Lithuanian did not achieve another historic victory on Friday at the prestigious US Open tournament in New York (USA). Richard Berank (ATP-65). In the third round of units, the Lithuanian fights after 1 hour and 55 minutes 4: 6, 3: 6, 2: 6 lost to a 29-year-old Spaniard Pablo Carreno-Bustai (ATP-27). R.Berankis led twice in the first set after winning a series of passes from the opponent, but, similarly to the previous match with Novak Djokovicumi, already in the next game he spread the advantage. The same was repeated at the beginning of the second set: R. Berankis immediately won the opponent’s series and lost the lead in the second game.
The beginning of the match was great for R. Berankis: already in the first game he lost 40: 0 during the opponent’s innings. P. Carreño-Busta managed to get close (40:30), but then he made a double mistake and gave the Lithuanian a break.
R. Berankis was overwhelmed only episodically. In the second game, the Lithuanian made a serious mistake, then hit the net and lost the “breaking point”.
The unpredictable fighting in the 30 degree heat continued. P. Carreño-Busta spread the lead in the third game (30: 0, 40:40), and the Lithuanian formed a “break point”. After a long ball, the Spaniard found himself in an awkward position, took a chance and did not hit the field, and the Lithuanian exploded again – 2: 1.
The same story continued. In the fourth game, R. Berankis neutralized the first “break point”, but then hit the net and lost his series of passes (2: 2).
From the fifth game, the tennis players improved the game during their innings, and the soft fight continued until the 10th game. R. Berankis then made a double error at a very wrong time, soon giving the opponent a “set point” and neutralizing it. However, the Lithuanian failed to complete the game successfully. P. Carreño-Busta formed the second “set point”, and the ball hit by the Lithuanian landed a little off the field. R.Berankis missed the first innings both in this game and in the first set overall. He is only 45 percent. cases the ball was played on the first attempt.
R. Berankis started the second set in the same way as the first. Already in the first minutes of the set, the Lithuanian won the rival series.
As usual, Berankis failed to establish a dominant position. In the second game he neutralized two break points, but in the third attempt, P. Carreño-Busta tied the score.
R. Berankis added even more problems in the fourth game. The Lithuanian was 30:40 behind, and the Spaniard formed a “breaking point”. The Lithuanian seemed to be in control of the situation at an important point and was convinced that the ball hit by P. Carreño-Busta would jump over the edge. Unfortunately, the Spaniard hit the field and increased his lead to 3: 1.
For the rest of the set, Carren-Busta had no problems. The Spaniard could have gained an even greater advantage if he had achieved a “break point” in the sixth game. However, the victory on set was enough for him to have a successful game during his passes.
The Spanish in the third set did not take long to take the initiative. In the third game, he made three break points (0:40). Berankis neutralized two of them, but then hit the net and found himself in the role of a hunter.
In the fifth game the same situation was repeated (0:40), only this time R. Berankis managed to neutralize the three “break points”. In the seventh game, the Lithuanian stalled again during his innings, and P. Carreño-Busta, who won the “breaking point”, found himself one step away from victory. In the last race, the Lithuanian still tried to resist the Spanish, but he resisted and celebrated a resounding victory.
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It is interesting that last year R. Berankis and P. Carreño-Busta already met in the “US Open” tournament. Then they met in the second round and the Spaniard proved his superiority over the Lithuanian – 6: 4, 6: 7 (3: 7), 6: 2, 6: 0.
2017 In the ATP unit ranking, P. Carreño-Busta had jumped to tenth place. During his career, he has played four ATP 250 series tournaments, the last of which was in China last year. The Spaniard also plays successfully both on the ground and on the hard surface. 2017 In the US Open he even reached the semifinals, in the same year he reached the final of the year, ATP Finals, and in 2019, with the Spanish team elevated to the top of the Davis Cup.
Despite a solid career, P. Carreño-Busta plays very poorly against the top ten players. He has won just 4 of 32 such matches and has not beaten the brightest tennis stars of his time. Among his most notable victories are victories against Milošas Raoničius, Grigorą Dimitrovą, Keviną Andersoną and Fabio Fogniniwhen they were still lined up at 10.
P. Carreño-Busta had a playful practice during the coronavirus pandemic. Before the start of the US Open, he participated in the ATP 1000 tournament, where he reached the second round. By the way, this year’s US Open tournament for Spaniards almost ended in the first round. He was 1: 2 behind the Japanese, who recently defeated Berankis. Yasutaką Uchiyamą (ATP-86) and beat it only after 5 combat series.
On Friday, R. Berankis tried to create the history of Lithuanian tennis. He has already achieved the best result of his career at the US Open, and has now been able to achieve the best result in the Big Cross tournaments. Lithuania had previously entered the third round of the Australian Open twice. Meanwhile, no Lithuanian representative has been in the fourth round of the tournament of this rank.
P. Carreño-Busta won 180 ATP points and 250,000. USD, and in the eighth final he will face the best Serbian player on the planet Novak Djokovicumi (ATP-1) or in German Janu-Lennard Struffu (ATP-29). R.Berankis received 90 ATP rating points and 163 thousand. AMERICAN DOLLAR. A. Berankis will not rise to the top in the new ATP unit rating and may lose some positions.
The total prize pool for the US Open is $ 53.4 million. AMERICAN DOLLAR.
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