The Italian Matteo Arnaldi gave a big surprise at the start of the Mexican Tennis Open, by beating American Taylor Fritz 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in the early hours of Tuesday and qualify for the round of 16.
Arnold, 42 in the world ranking, hit 39 winners on a night in which he imposed conditions on the variation of your tennis, an exact return and effectiveness on the serve.
In the first set the 23-year-old made a decisive break in the tenth game; In the second he gave up several chances to close the match, Fritz took advantage, but in the third he returned to his best game and, with a break in the fourth game, got the victory.
This Wednesday, in the top 16 phase, The Italian will face American Ben Sheltonwon 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(5) against Britain’s Daniel Evans, in a match with many fights, in which Shelton was more closed.
The first day had another unexpected result, the success of the British Jack Draper50th in the world list, 6-0, 6-4 against the American Tommy Paulseventh seed
Draper took advantage of seven errors by Paul, ranked 14th, and broke him three times in the first set. In the second, the Briton took a break in the tenth game to advance to the second round, where he will face Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, winner of Portuguese Nuno Borges, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
The Australian Alex De Minaurninth in the standings, forced to start the defense of his title by defeating the Japanese Taro Daniel 6-2, 6-1.
With 27 winning shots and an unbroken serve, De Minaur broke his first chance in both sets and, from there, extended his advantage to eliminate Daniel, ranked 64, at 1h 21.
In the round of 16, the Australian will face Austrian Sebastián Ofner, ranked 37th in the ATP, who defeated Mexican Ernesto Escobedo by 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-6(4).
In other first day results, Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic rallied to beat Argentine Diego Schwarztman 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Austrian Sebastian Ofner beat Mexican Ernesto Escobedo 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-6(4) and Italian Flavio Cobolli beat Canadian Félix Auger 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 – Aliassime.
This Tuesday German Alexander Zverev, first seed, will make his debutthe danish Holger Runesecond, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipasfifth, and the Norwegian Casper Ruudsixth.
Zverev, the sixth-ranked tennis player in the world, will play against his compatriot Daniel Altmaier; Rune, seventh in the world list, will play against American Michal Mmoh, 122nd in the ranking; Tsitsipas, twelfth in the ranking, will face Russian Roman Safiullin (39) and Ruud, eleventh, against American Christopher Eubanks (34).
Source: La Verdad
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