For 24-year-old Cicip, this was his first match since the final of the Australian Open. Finland’s first in the fifth game of the first set of the fight rocket Rūsuvuori realized a break point with the second move, and then reached a 5:3 advantage. However Cicips then went into next gear, leading ten (!) of the next 11 games in the game.
In the round of 16, Cicip is expected to face the winner of the duel between Italian representative Yannick Sinner (ATP 14th) and French tennis player Benjamin Bonzi (ATP 48th).
After losing (4:6) the first set, the Russian beat his opponent Alejandro Davidovich Fokin (ATP 31) from Spain in the next two with the result 6:2 and 6:2 Daniil Medvedev (ATP 11th). The former world leader will examine in the second round the winner of the match between the Dutch Botik van de Zandschulp (ATP 35) and the “lucky loser” of the qualification Kanten Ajis (ATP 62).
In the round of 16, the Canadian ranked third in Rotterdam will compete against the French athlete Gregoire Barre (ATP 71) Felix Auger-Aliasim (ATP 8th), who didn’t give chances to the Italian Lorenzo Sonego (ATP 60) – 6:2, 6:3.
The battle between Polish Hubert Hurkacz (ATP 10) and Spanish veteran Roberto Bautista-Aguta (ATP 24) was the most intense, in which Poland’s leading tennis player proved superior in three hours with 7:5, 6:7 (7), 7:6 (4). Hurkacs will play against Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (ATP 28) already tomorrow.
German tennis player Alexander Zverev (ATP 17th) beat (6:4, 7:6 (4)) Korea’s Sonwo Kwon (ATP 63), earning a round of 16 match against Dutch second seed Tallon Greekspoor (ATP 61).
The brightest surprise of the day was provided by the 26-year-old Dutchman Geis Brauer (ATP 160), who defeated (6:3, 7:5) Swiss number one Marks-Andrea Hisler (ATP 47). Browers’ next opponent will most likely be the Danish talent Holgers Rune (ATP 9th), who still has to play the first round match against the qualifier Constant Lestjens (ATP 54) from France.
Rotterdam ATP 500 Points Competition Draw:
https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/c…
