ATP Antalya: Berrettini, Struff, Fognini without any problems
Top favorite Matteo Berrettini easily reached the second round at the ATP Tour 250 tournament in Antalya. Jan-Lennard Struff , Fabio Fognini and Alex de Minaur are also next.
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last edit: Jan 08, 2021, 02:57 pm
The task for Berrettini in round one was also grateful: the Italian had to beat local hero Ergi Kirkin 6-0 and 6-4 in just 56 minutes at the ATP Tour 250 tournament in Antalya. "I've worked hard. And for the first time in the last two years, no injury has slowed me down," Berrettini told the ATP website after his success. "I think I played well today. I want to build confidence in Antalya, where I played a lot at the beginning of my career. The next opponent will be Bulgarian Dimitar Kuzmanov.
With Fabio Fognini another Italian is in the round of 16. Fognini had trouble with Michael Vrbensky at 6: 4 and 7: 6 (4) only in the second set and is now playing against the French veteran Jeremy Chardy. Alex de Minaur made short work of Malek Jaziri.
Struff now against French Grenier
Jan-Lennard Struff has also started the new season successfully. The 30-year-old Warsteiner defeated the Russian Pawel Kotow 6: 4, 6: 3 in his first round match at the ATP tournament in Antalya. Struff meets French Hugo Grenier in the second round.
However, the second German in the tournament has already been eliminated. Qualifier Matthias Bachinger (Munich) had to give up in his first appearance in an ATP main field for around a year and a half when the score was 6: 3, 3: 6, 1: 4 against the Spaniard Nicola Kuhn.