Dalibor SVRCina opened the biggest victory of his ATP tour career in the Lynk & Co Hangzhou on Thursday, where he struck Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-3 in the comeback of the Italian injury.
Berrettini made his first appearance since his first round Wimbledon exit and was unable to resist the 22-year-old Czech fearless ball tricking at the Chinese ATP 250 event. Despite losing a day earlier in the second qualification, SVRCina grabbed his chance as a happy loser and has raised 10 places to a career-high no. 89 in the PIF ATP Live ranking.
“It was clear that I was not the favorite who came in this game, so I just wanted to come here, enjoy and play free,” said Svrcina. “Yesterday I lost in the qualities, so I’m glad I got the chance to play again and I think I got the most out of it.
“Matteo is an incredible player, he is coming [back] From injury … he is clearly not where he wants to be, but I am very happy with the victory today and it is the biggest of my career to date. ”
Supported by Rock-Solid Defense and Quick Court Coverage, SVRCina hit 17 winners to Berrettini’s 11 and saved the only breaking point with which he was confronted, according to Infosys ATP statistics, during their struggle of 85 minutes. His reward: a second round collision with Buyunchaokete or Zhang Zhizhen.
Berrettini, who had reached quarterfinals in Miami, Dubai and Doha earlier this year, including his first victory over Novak Djokovic-Done signs of rust after a dismissal of two and a half months, with a disappointment of 15 casual mistakes in his first Lexus ATP-head2head match with SVRCINA.
On other day 2 promotion in Hangzhou, Tomas Martin Etcheverry lit up Damir Dzumhur 6-2, 6-4 to achieve his 20th victory of the season of the season, and became the second Argentin that did this after Francisco Cerundolo (33). Etcheverry is waiting for qualifying smelly rinky hijikata or fifth seed Camilo ugo carabelli.
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