US Open Qualification: Mats Moraing starts successfully in the preliminary round
In a hard-fought game in the first round of the US Open qualification, Mats Moraing prevailed against the Brazilian Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves .
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last edit: Aug 25, 2021, 08:59 pm
The German Mats Moraing had to spend exactly two hours at the workplace or Court 14 in Flushing Meadows in order to advance to the second round of the preliminary round of the US Open. The man from Mühlheim an der Ruhr finally defeated the Brazilian with the resounding name Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves with 6: 3, 4: 6 and 7: 6 (2).
The serve was an important weapon of the current world number 239. - After all, the 29-year-old served 14 aces throughout the game. In the second round, the Australian Christopher O'Conell, who was seeded ten in the qualification, was waiting for Moraing, who clearly defeated the Turkish Altug Celikbilek 6: 2, 6: 4.
From a German point of view, Yannick Maden and Daniel Masur are still on duty on Wednesday (local time). While the man from Stuttgart meets the Japanese Go Soeda, the man from Lower Saxony has to deal with Benjamin Bonzi from Italy, who is number one.