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Medvedev – Hurkacz 6: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4, Hard work for Medvedev, But the champions tournament started with a win. Berrettini gave up on Zverev

Defending champion Rus Daniil Medvedev won the victory over the Pole Hubert Hurkacz 6: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4 at the beginning of the Champions Tournament in Turin. The ninth player in the ATP rankings unexpectedly tormented the world number two at its final event of the season before surrendering after two hours of play.

Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters

The second match of the Red Group was won by the German Alexander Zverev after the cramp of the home Mattea Berrettini. Olympic winner Zverev won the marathon opening set 9: 7 in a tie-break after 79 minutes. In an unfavorable 0: 1 situation in the second set, the Wimbledon finalist Berrettini had his injured abdominal muscles treated for a few minutes, and after trying to return to the match, he had to give up in tears immediately after the next exchange.

Twenty-four-year-old Hurkacz did not repeat the surprise from this year’s Wimbledon, where he eliminated Medvedev in the five-hundredth battle in the round of 16 and finally reached the semifinals in the All England Club. The Russian retaliated in August in Toronto and today won another duel, which reached the decisive set.

Italian Matteo Berrettini had to give up his opening match of the Champions Tournament due to injury.

Luca Bruno, CTK / AP

The final of the ATP Tour season takes place for the first time in Turin, where it has moved after 12 years hosted by London. The favorite is the world’s first Serb player, Novak Djokovic, who can dominate the Champions Tournament for the sixth time and equal the record of Swiss Roger Federer.

Champions Tournament 2021: Program and results of the peak of the tennis season

Turin Champions Tournament (hard surface, $ 7.25 million grant):
Singles:
Red group:
Medvedev (2-RUS) – Hurkacz (7-POL) 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 3, 6: 4
Zverev (3-DEU) – Berrettini (6-It.) 7: 6 (9: 7), 1: 0 retired
Doubles:
Green group:
Mektic, Pavic (1-Croatia) – Krawietz, Tecau (8-Germany / Rum.) 6: 4, 6: 4
Granollers, Zeballos (4-Sp. / Arg.) – Dodig, Polasek (6-Chorv./SR) 4: 6, 7: 6 (12:10), 10: 6

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