ATP Delray Beach: Kyrgios cancels late - and Sock wins!
Four players withdrew late at the ATP Tour 250 event in Delray Beach: One of them: tournament favorite Nick Kyrgios .
by Jens Huiber
last edit: Feb 19, 2020, 07:37 am
It does not happen every day that a tournament with 32 starting places goes to Lucky Loser. And one thing in advance: All four men who made it into the tableau of the ATP Tour 250 tournament in Delray Beach due to late cancellations had to say goodbye again. For the organizers, however, it weighs more heavily who was unable to start - and that was especially tournament favorite Nick Kyrgios.
The Australian had not only named for the single, but also stood with Jordan Thompson in a double grid. And there would have been a prominent pair of opponents against Bob and Mike Bryan. However, Kyrgios retired late, citing a wrist injury as the reason. Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan moved up for Kyrgios in individual cases, but was defeated by local hero Tommy Paul.
Sock wins, Fritz loses
Almost as expected, however, Kyle Edmund and Andreas Seppi stayed away from the event in Florida - the two had contested the final of the 250cc in New York on Sunday, but the successors Denis Istomin (against Milos Raonic) and Stefan Kozlov (against Ugo Humbert) remained without a chance , And Bernard Tomic, who benefited from the withdrawal of Tennys Sandgren, could only win one set against Cedric-Marcel Stebe.
Incidentally, Taylor Fritz made it into the peloton completely regular: The American, who was in third place, lost to Cameron Norrie in round one. What almost vanished in the light of the sensation of the day - because this was provided by Jack Sock, who once again won a single match after an eternally long dry spell. And after defense of a match ball and immediately against defending champion Radu Albot in the tie break of the third set.