July 3, 2024; London, UK; Italy's Matteo Berrettini plays against Italy's Jannik Sinner on day three of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Championships (not shown) reacted to a point in the game. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images Italy's Matteo Berrettini earned a hard-fought victory over Australia's Christopher O'Connell 7-6 (9), 7-6 (6) at the Rolex Shanghai Masters in China on Thursday Christopher O'Connell, advanced to the second round.
Berrettini, who withdrew from last week's second-round match in Tokyo with an abdominal problem, suffered no ill effects and hit 11 aces of 33 winners in 2 hours and 13 minutes to win. game.
Berrettini held off two set points in the first set tie-break and fell behind 5-4 in the second set tie-break, clashing with Denmark's 12th seed Holger Ruhn.
“I'm happy to be back here healthy. I've never played against him so I don't know what to expect,” Berrettini said.
“It's been tough mentally,” he continued. “…I think about how to stay healthy so often that I'm a little tired of it. I've been working hard to be able to think about it as little as possible. It's one of those things where you don't think about the goal of the game and just enjoy it Play, enjoy the atmosphere, I did it.
Serbian player Miomir Kekmanović achieved a career milestone by defeating Australian player Linky Hijikata 6-2, 6-2 in the first round. This gave him at least one victory in all nine ATP Masters 1000 events. It was Kekmanovic's first hard-court win since August 2023 in Toronto.
After leading 4-2 in the first set, Japanese player Yoshihito Nishioka withdrew due to a back injury, and 19-year-old Chinese wild card player Zhou Yi advanced. The home favorite will face No. 13 seed Frances Tiafoe in the second round.
Japanese player Yosuke Watanuki, Czech player Jakub Mencic and Dutch player Talon Grikspoor all won in three sets. Donuki defeated Russian player Pavel Kotov 7-6 (6), 6-4, 7-5, and Mensik defeated Spanish player Pedro Pedro 6-1, 5-7, 6-4. Martinez, Grikspur eliminated Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta (6), 6-3, 6-4, 6-7.
The straight-set champions include Belgium's David Goffin and Zizou Bergers, Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka, Spain's Jaume Munnar, Russia's Roman Safiulin, and Kazakhstan's Alexander ·Shevchenko, Italian Mattia Bellucci, French Terrence Atman and American Marcos Giron.
Polish defending champion Hubert Hurkacz is out with a knee.
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