break from the Russian at the start

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40-40 First at the winning center for Sonego, the blue charges.

30-40 Sonego’s advancing forehand escapes, another break point for Kotov.

30-30 Kotov’s forehand response crashes into the net.

15-30 Kotov’s very deep response with his forehand, the Piedmontese’s backhand fails to pass.

15-15 The class of 1995 pushes well with the forehand, forcing his opponent into errors.

0-15 Sonego’s backhand doesn’t pass, the blue seems very tense at the start.

0-2 GAME ANGLES! The Russian’s first shot was good, but the Turin native responded poorly.

40-15 The tape drops Sonego’s response in the corridor.

30-15 First winner for the Russian.

15-15 The blue’s straight line takes off.

0-15 Sonego maneuvers well with the forehand, the Russian’s forehand does not pass.

0-1 BREAK ANGLES! The Russian did well to move Sonego with his forehand, the forehand from Italy’s number 4 runs away. Uphill start for the Turin player in this match.

15-40 Kotov’s forehand flies away.

0-40 Serious error after the service with the forehand for Sonego from the center of the court, three break points Kotov.

0-30 The Russian manages to get out of the exchange with the backhand down the line, the Italian’s forehand doesn’t pass.

0-15 Kotov starts with a backhand winning return.

FIRST WEEK

12.40 Everything is ready for the start of the match, Sonego at serve.

12.39 The warm-up ends, the match will start soon.

12.36 Kotov won the toss, choosing to receive first.

12.33 There is a precedent between Kotov and Sonego. In 2023, in Stockholm, the Russian won with a score of 6-4 7-5.

12.30 The two players are on the pitch for the warm-up.

12.25 Sonego needs victories and points. In 2024, the Turin native has only collected two successes since the beginning of the year with Yannick Hanfmann and Daniel Evans, in Adelaide and Melbourne respectively, compared to five defeats. The Italian must necessarily win to get back into the top 40 in the world, as well as having to climb up the Olympic rankings, which currently sees him in 72nd position, a placement which would exclude him from Paris.

12.20 On the other side of the pitch there will be the Russian Pavel Kotov. The number 65 in the world ranking is a physically well-structured player: if on the one hand this makes it easier for him to apply power to his shots, on the other hand Kotov does not have his strong point in his movements. Today will be the Russian’s first official outing after the defeat against Flavio Cobolli in the second round of the Australian Open.

12.15 Second consecutive tournament for Lorenzo Sonego after the adventure undertaken in Rotterdam. The Italian had a lot of bad luck in Holland, encountering one of the fittest players on the circuit, Grigor Dimitrov, in the first round. Sonego fought honorably, losing in two sets with a score of 7-6 6-3 to the Bulgarian, at the end of a well-played match.

12.10 Friends of OA Sport, good morning and welcome back to the LIVE Live broadcast of Sonego-Kotov, match valid for the first round of the 2024 edition of the ATP 250 in Doha (Qatar).

Good morning friends of OA Sport and welcome to the LIVE live Of Sonego–Kotovmatch valid for first round of the 2024 edition ofATP 250 Of Doha (Qatar). After the short journey undertaken in Rotterdam, the Piedmontese makes his own debut in the tournament against the powerful Russian to go in search of important points for the world ranking: today we are playing for the possibility of meeting Ugo Humbert in the round of 16.

Lorenzo Sonego is not achieving amazing results in this first phase of 2024: the Italian born in 1995 is returning frompremature elimination a Rotterdam at the hands of Grigor Dimitrov, at the end of a match well played by the blue. More than the performances, to the 28 year old from Turin victories are missing, also the result of not very lucky draws in recent weeks. Sonego has need points per try to get back into the top 40 of the ranking, a position currently about a hundred points away.

Sonego’s opponent is the Russian Pavel Kotov, number 65 in the world ranking. Kotov is quite a player physically powerfulwhich on the one hand favors him in putting energy into his shots, but on the other hand the Russian can pay one less marked dynamism compared to that of Sonego, one of the main characteristics of the Turin player’s game. Today will be Kotov’s first official match for a month now: the last match dates back to defeat with Cobolli al second round of the Australian Open.

OA Sport offers you the LIVE Live coverage of Sonego-Kotov, a match valid for the first round of the 2024 edition of the ATP 250 in Doha (Qatar). The match will begin on the central court as the first match, which is scheduled to start at 12.30 pm Italian time. Don’t miss a single point of the match with our LIVE Livewe are waiting for you!

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