Rain monopolizes popularity in Cincinnati Masters 1000 and, after forcing the delay of the morning and afternoon match schedule several times, he prevented the dispute of the remaining duels of the evening match, for example that of the German. Alexander Zverev against Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov.
Before the rain started, Venus Williams, winner of seven majors and former world number one, came back from 1-4 down in the first set and 1-5 down in the second to win the match 6-4, 7-5 . Russian Veronika Kudermetova, number 16 in the world.
The women’s tournament lost the Ukrainian Elina Svitolinawho withdrew with a foot problem before her match against Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki.
Among other results, the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime debuted with a gutsy 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over the Italian Matteo Berrettini.
Auger-Aliassime, the 12th seed, ended a five-game losing streak and will face the second round Adrian Mannarino. Struggling this season with a knee injury and a seeming loss of confidence, Felix suffered the first break of the match in the fifth game and that was all the Italian needed to clinch the opening set.
However, the Canadian turned the tables in the next two sets, where he never again suffered a break.
The 23-year-old’s smile was wide when Berrettini’s forehand went long on match point. “My mindset now is that no matter what, I want to have the best attitude possible, the best effort from the first point to the last point,” Auger-Aliassime said.
“And I feel like I was able to turn that frustration in the first set into something positive to come back strong. It’s been a tough season. I’ve been very lucky, every year I’ve grown in the game and improved my ranking, but this year is a new challenge and I have to accept it too”, he added.
Chilean Nicolás Jarry, world number 26, made his debut with success, coming from behind to defeat Russian Roman Safiulin, number 63, 4-6, 6-3 and 6-3. Jarry, 27, will play in the second round against Russian Karen Khachanov. And Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo, world number 21, 6-3 and 6-4 in 73 minutes, said goodbye in the first exchange.
Source: La Verdad
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