• In the first two sets of the match between Alcaraz and Draper, each tennis player won two service games of the opponent. Draper, who made nine unstoppable serves, but served relatively more unstablely, played back one break deficit in the decisive third set, but lost his serve again in the 11th game.
• The 12th game turned out to be dramatic, in which Alcaraz did not use two match points, while Draper – two break points. In the third attempt, however, Alcaraz managed to realize the match point.
• Alcaras will examine the winner of the match between the Dutch Botik van de Zandschulp (ATP 35) and the French tennis player Adrian Mannarino (ATP 42) in the next round.
• USA representative Brandon Nakashima (ATP 44) earned the duel against the winner of the fight between the second number of the Norwegian Kasper Ruud (ATP 3rd) and the Swiss veteran Stan Wawrinka (ATP 194), who finished in two and a half hours (2:6, 7 :6 (4), 6:4) with the Belgian Dāvid Goffans (ATP 53rd).
• In the fight that took place during the night, Croatian Marin Cilic (ATP 16) was unable to serve in the third set, wasting two match points and recognizing the superiority of the French athlete Artur Rindernes (ATP 51) in a two and a half hour long battle – 4:6, 6:3, 6:7 (5). In the round of 16, Rinderneš will fight against the strongest tennis player in the duel between Slovakian Alex Molčan (ATP 46) and American Mackenzie McDonald (ATP 65).
• 10th in the world in the Vienna 500 point tournament rocket the American Taylor Fritz played one match point in a tense battle and broke (6:7 (4), 7:6 (7), 6:3) Japanese Yoshihito Nishioku (ATP 37th). The fourth-seeded Fritz will play in the round of 16 against the winner of the duel between Canadian Denis Shapovalov (ATP 19) and Austrian athlete Yuri Rodionov (ATP 130).
• Andrejs Rublyov, the third seed of the Vienna competition (ATP 8th) defeated (6:4, 6:1) the first seed of Argentina rocket Diego Schwartzman (ATP 21.). The Russian tennis player will fight in the round of 16 against the winner of the match between Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (ATP 32nd) and Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (ATP 66th).
• Another Argentinean, Francisco Cerundolo (ATP 29th) convincingly defeated (6:3, 6:3) the 21-year-old Austrian representative Filip Misolic (ATP 150th). Next, Argentina’s second rocket the test of either the Italian talent Yannick Sinner (ATP 12) or the Chilean Cristian Garin (ATP 86) awaits.
• Russian Daniil Medvedev (ATP 4th), ranked number one in Vienna, will take on Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili (ATP 94th) in the first round on Wednesday. while the second number of the competition, the Greek Stefans Tsitsips (ATP 5th) will try to defeat the Austrian Denis Novak (ATP 155th).
Draws for the Basel and Vienna tournaments:
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