ATP Queen's: Andy Murray, Denis Shapovalov and Matteo Berrettini win, Ofner retired
Andy Murray celebrated an emotional return victory at the ATP 500 event in the Queen's Club. Denis Shapovalov and Matteo Berrettini also won at the start. Sebastian Ofner, on the other hand, has left.
by Michael Rothschädl
last edit: Jun 15, 2021, 10:06 pm
Just a few moments after the transformed match point, the Scot showed how much Andy Murray's safe opening win in London's Queen's Club means. Moved to tears, the former number one in the world explained how much he loves tennis. Murray also showed this love on the pitch and defeated Benoit Paire in a handsome game in two sets.
The two top seeded Matteo Berrettini and Denis Shapovalov are also one lap further. The latter had to work reasonably hard against the qualifier Aleksandar Vukic from Australia, but won in two tie-breaks with 8: 6 each. Matteo Berrettini also had to make two short decisions against compatriot Stefanos Travaglia, but always showed better nerves in these.
Ofner out
Tennis Tuesday, on the other hand, went less well for Austrian Sebastian Ofner, who didn't really have anything to report against the newly crowned Stuttgart winner Marin Cilic, a former Grand Slam winner in the first round and was 2: 6 behind . But then the Styrian caught himself, showed a passable performance and forced Cilic into a tiebreak, which Ofner won 7: 5 to equalize the set.
The third set also had to be part of the quick decision after Ofner was able to thwart two match points on his own serve. In the second tiebreak of the game, it was veteran Cilic who was supposed to keep the upper hand. After his first round victory, the Croatian will face Fabio Fognini, who defeated Yen-Hsun Lu in two sets. His compatriot Berrettini will now face local hero Murray in the second round, Denis Shapovalov will face old master Feliciano Lopez.