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The 30-year-old Lithuanian achieves another historic victory on Friday at the prestigious US Open in New York (USA) Ričardas Berankis (ATP-65).
In the third round of units, the Lithuanian will face a 29-year-old Spaniard Pablo Carreno-Busta (ATP-27). The match should start at approximately 10pm Lithuanian time, and you can run its course Sportas.lt portal.
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.
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 fell behind Japan’s Yasutaka Uchiyam (ATP-86), recently defeated by Berankis in sets 1: 2, and beat him only after a 5-set fight.
Bettors are not promising R. Berankis anything good in this match. Lithuania’s chances of winning are estimated to be around 27 percent.
Sportas.lt visitor forecast:
On Friday, R. Berankis will try to create the history of Lithuanian tennis. He has already achieved the best result of his career at the US Open and can now 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.
The winning tennis player will obtain 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). The loser will receive 90 ATP rating points and 163 thousand. AMERICAN DOLLAR.
The total prize pool for the US Open is $ 53.4 million. AMERICAN DOLLAR.
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