Mathieu Warnier, Media365, published on Tuesday August 15, 2023 at 08:10
While Stan Wawrinka was held back by the rain one game from victory against Brandon Nakashima, Félix Auger-Aliassime signed his first success in three months against Matteo Berrettini in the first round of the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati.
Félix Auger-Aliassime had been waiting for this for so long. While his last success on the ATP circuit dated back to May in the first round of the Lyon tournament against Pablo Llamas Ruiz, the Canadian smiled again by winning against Matteo Berrettini at the opening of the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati. However, the break conceded at the end of the fifth game and an inability to reverse the trend during the first round could have made the Montrealer give in. However, the first break point obtained and converted in the second set changed the game. Narrowly avoiding being caught in the home straight, the No. 12 seed in Ohio fully revived by pocketing the set on the Italian’s serve. The third round tipped on a single point. While Matteo Berrettini was serving, Félix Auger-Aliassime managed to push his opponent back until he got the first and only break point of the set. Having converted it, the Canadian was able to race in the lead and it was on a shutout that he ended the meeting and his frustrations (4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in 2h20 ‘). “FAA” will thus be the adversary of Adrian Mannarino, who beat Richard Gasquet this Sunday.
Thompson joins Alcaraz, Wawrinka is almost there
In front of his audience, John Isner failed to give in to Jordan Thompson in a real standoff that lasted almost two hours. If the American had a break point very early in the first set, the Australian immediately dismissed it and held on until the tiebreak. An undecided tiebreak until the end but it was Jordan Thompson who had the last word by winning the last three rallies. The second set was of the same ilk but it was the 55th player in the world who had two opportunities to take the service of the American in the eighth game, without success. Again, the tiebreak was inevitable and Jordan Thompson was dominant there, leaving only two points to John Isner (7-6, 7-6 in 1h59 ‘). He will have the honor of challenging Carlos Alcaraz in the second round. Stan Wawrinka, meanwhile, will be able to rail against the rain which greatly disrupted the day. After taking a late lead to win the opening set against Brandon Nakashima, the Swiss couldn’t make the difference in the second set and was taken down in a tiebreak that turned in the American’s favor. With the break at the start of the last set, the 51st player in the world broke away almost irreparably but, when he was leading five games to two, the rain returned to Ohio and caused the interruption of the meeting, which will resume this Tuesday in the second rotation on Court n°3.
2023-08-15 06:10:00
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