Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Feb 21 (Ians) Local star Thiago Monteiro reached the second round at a tour-level event for the first time this season when he clawed past former champion Dominic Thiem 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(2) at the Rio Open here.
In a hard-fought clash in the Atp 500 event on Monday night, the home favourite raced out of the blocks, winning the first five games before sealing the set on serve.
After the former World No. 3 Thiem levelled scores by winning the second set 6-3, Monteiro held his nerve in the third set, saving all four break points he faced to advance after two hours and 46 minutes in their first Atp head-to-head meeting.
The 28-year-old Monteiro, currently No. 80 in the Atp Live Rankings, is making his seventh appearance at the clay-court tournament in Brazil, with his best result being a quarterfinal run in 2017. Monteiro will look to reach that stage again...
In a hard-fought clash in the Atp 500 event on Monday night, the home favourite raced out of the blocks, winning the first five games before sealing the set on serve.
After the former World No. 3 Thiem levelled scores by winning the second set 6-3, Monteiro held his nerve in the third set, saving all four break points he faced to advance after two hours and 46 minutes in their first Atp head-to-head meeting.
The 28-year-old Monteiro, currently No. 80 in the Atp Live Rankings, is making his seventh appearance at the clay-court tournament in Brazil, with his best result being a quarterfinal run in 2017. Monteiro will look to reach that stage again...
- 2/21/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Auckland, Jan 11 (Ians) Cameron Norrie maintained his unbeaten start to the 2023 season on Wednesday at the Asb Classic, where the second-seeded Briton fended off a stiff second-round challenge from Czech rising star Jiri Lehecka to reach the quarter-finals with a 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3 victory, here on Wednesday.
The persistent stop-start rain that has affected the schedule this week in the New Zealand capital was again a factor in Wednesday’s play, and Norrie found himself in a second-round battle after 2022 Next Gen Atp Finals runner-up Lehecka produced a strong second-set tie-break to force a deciding set in a match featuring several interruptions and eventually a move indoors due to the weather.
“It was nice to get it out of the way,” said Norrie, who is now 4-0 for 2023, after his two-hour, 45-minute win at the Atp 250 event.
“It’s tough on concentration… I had a lot of chances in that second set.
The persistent stop-start rain that has affected the schedule this week in the New Zealand capital was again a factor in Wednesday’s play, and Norrie found himself in a second-round battle after 2022 Next Gen Atp Finals runner-up Lehecka produced a strong second-set tie-break to force a deciding set in a match featuring several interruptions and eventually a move indoors due to the weather.
“It was nice to get it out of the way,” said Norrie, who is now 4-0 for 2023, after his two-hour, 45-minute win at the Atp 250 event.
“It’s tough on concentration… I had a lot of chances in that second set.
- 1/11/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
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