US Open 2021: Oldie Karlovic and Youngster Rune after qualifying against Rublev and Djokovic
The veteran Ivo Karlovic and the Danish teenager Holger Rune have qualified for the US Open 2021. And now they face prominent opponents: Andrey Rublev and Ivo Karlovic.
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last edit: Aug 28, 2021, 03:48 am
Anyone who claims that Holger Runde did not agree in his favor with the interruption of his qualifying match against Mats Moraing at the score of 5: 3 in the third set is guilty of a serious understatement. Rune, the 18-year-old Dane, had just given away his first match point, as a hit. Now he was ready to serve himself in the main field of a major for the first time. And then the rain came. So not really, at first the places were slightly dampened, then it rained a little harder. Moraing was no longer able to use the break: Rune made it 6: 4, 3: 6 and 6: 3.
And then immediately pulled the main lot - namely a meeting with Novak Djokovic . Which he knows well from joint training sessions in Monte Carlo. However, the probability that Rune will only gain experience in the encounter with the industry leader is high.
Karlovic versus Rublev
Ivo Karlovic also had to wait. The game of the 41-year-old Croatian against Yuichi Sugita was interrupted right at the beginning, however, Karlovic won 6: 3 and 7: 6 (5). And like Rune, they were given a very strong opponent: Round one is against Andrey Rublev.
The German qualifiers have a good chance of progressing: Oscar Otte, who had to go over three sets three times, will play against Lorenzo Sonego at the beginning. The Italian is in 20th position, but his best surface is probably the sand. Maximilian Marterer plays against Steve Johnson, from a German point of view there is also something in this encounter. Peter Gojowczyk was finally assigned to Ugo Humbert, number 23 in the tournament. Difficult but not impossible.
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