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Lithuanian in the first round of prestigious competitions after a persistent fight of 3 hours 8 minutes 7: 6 (7: 3), 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4 defeated 28-year-old Italian Federico Gaio (ATP 132) and rewarded him for his failure during the only duel between him so far in 2015 (6: 3, 4: 6, 3: 6).
R. Berankis started the match confidently and immediately went ahead 2: 0 in the first set, but his lead won in the third game was not consolidated and F. Gaio soon tied the score. Eventually it all moved on to an additional game, the “tie-break”, in which Richard demonstrated his expertise.
At the end of the second equal set (with a score of 4: 5), the Lithuanian could not bear the tension and lost his series of passes dryly, and at the same time the set – 4: 6.
Berankis was not much easier in the third set, in the middle of which the Italian led (2: 4). Fortunately, we managed to win even four games in a row and get ahead again: 6: 4.
In the fourth set, everything was decided again in the last games. This time, the pressure was not handled by F. Gaio, who stumbled past 4: 4. Richard, who came to the victory, picked it up on the second attempt: 6: 4.
After overcoming the first barrier of the US Open, R. Berankis achieved at least 45 ATP rating points and up to 100,000 US dollars (83.4 thousand euros). In case of further success, the Lithuanian bonuses would increase to 90 ATP rating points and 163 thousand. USD (136 thousand euros).
Big win in 4 sets from Berankis! So happy! 🙂 @berankisr #United States Open pic.twitter.com/GUcElVrmNN
– Geneva (@guinekeri) September 1, 2020
It is interesting that in the second round, the Lithuanian representative faces a confrontation with his fellow neighbor from the ATP ranking table Steve Johnson (ATP 64), and not with 210 cm tall John Isner (ATP 22).
In an American derby that required five sets and almost 4 hours, S. Johnson broke his compatriot, who was not helped by 52 of the so-called “aces”, with the result 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 3, 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 3).
We remind you that this year’s tournament in New York thanks to the coronavirus pandemic is taking place without spectators. In addition, the title is not defended by last year’s champions: Spanish Rafael Nadal and Canadian representative Bianca Andreescu. Nor is there any Swiss virtuoso Roger Federer on the cards.
The US Open, which was always the last, fourth Grand Slam tournament of the year, is the second this year due to extraordinary circumstances: Roland Garros was moved to September-October and Wimbledon was completely canceled.
The total prize pool for the US Open, which runs through September 13, is $ 53.4 million (about $ 45 million).
OUT ISNER!
Local top seed John Isner 🇺🇸 made 52 aces but was eliminated from the #United States Open .
Steve Johnson 🇺🇸 beat Big John 6-7, 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 7-6 and advanced to the 2nd round against Berankis 🇱🇹
In the greeting both players shook hands. https://t.co/GR8E3fZDLy– Lucky Loser (@LuckyLoserArg) September 1, 2020
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