ATP tennis Vienna 2021, today’s results: Berrettini in the 2nd round, Murray eliminates Hurkacz
Good first for Matteo Berrettini at the 500 tournament in Vienna: the blue beats the Australian Popyrin 7-6, 6-3 and will find the Georgian Basilashvili in the 2nd round, also hitting the mathematical qualification for the Finals. Hurkacz, Sinner’s great rival for the Turin Masters race, leaves the scene at his debut, with Murray beaten in 3 sets. The whole Vienna tournament live on Sky Sport
SCOREBOARD AND TV GUIDE
Matteo Berrettini qualifies for the 2nd round of the “Erste Bank open “, ATP 500 which is taking place on the fast indoor Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna is that Sky Sports broadcast live. The 25-year-old from Rome, number 7 in the world ranking and third favorite in seeding, has passed 7-6, 6-3 the Australian Alexei Popyrin, # 77 ATP, passed through the qualifiers. After a very balanced first set, closed at the tie-break, the blue loosened his arm by snatching his rival’s serve in the middle of the second set and closing in 92 ‘without conceding even a break point. With this success, Matteo also mathematically qualifies for the ATP Finals: he is the first male tennis player to do it (he had also participated in 2019). In the 2nd round he will cross the Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili, with the Italian leading 3-2 in the background.
Murray, what a favor to Sinner: Hurkacz eliminates in the 1st round
sorry to Jannik Sinner Vienna evening: Hubert Hurkacz, n.10 ATP and currently last qualified at ATP Finals of Turin with 150 points ahead of the blue, he was eliminated on his debut for 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 from the British Andy Murray, n.156 of the ranking, competing with a wild, winner in 2014 and 2016. Jannik will therefore be able to shorten the distance and can overtake on the forehand already in Vienna, waiting for Bercy and Stockholm.
The Race to Turin live
- DJOKOVIC – 8,370 points *
- MEDVEDEV 6,470 *
- TSITSIPAS – 5,650 *
- A. ZVEREV – 5,095 *
- RUBLE – 4,165 *
- BERRETTINI – 4.045 *
- RUUD – 3.015
- NADALE – 2.985 **
- HURKACZ – 2.955
- SINNER – 2845
- NORRIE – 2,840
- AUGER-ALIASSIME – 2.330
- KARATSEV – 2.280
- ENVELOPE FAIRING – 1.925
- BASILASHVILI – 1920
*qualified
** does not participate
ATP Vienna, today’s results
Basilashvili – Carreno Busta 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Alcaraz – Mivans 6-4, 6-3
Murray – Hurkacz 6-4, 6-7, 6-3
Berrettini – Popirina 7-6, 6-3
De Minaur – Anderson 6-3, 7-6
The program for Tuesday 26 October on Sky Sport Tennis and Sky Sport Uno
- 2.00 pm RUUD – HARRIS (Boschetto-Garrone)
- followed by TSITSIPAS – DIMITROV (Boschetto-Garrone)
- not before 17.30 KRAJINOVIC – ZVEREV (Pero-Pescosolido)
- to follow NOVAK – MAGER (Pero-Pescosolido)
The program of the Italians in the 1st round
(wc) Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) c. Gael Monfils (FRA) Wednesday
Fabio Fognini (ITA) c. (8) Diego Schwartzman (ARG) Wednesday
Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) c. Dominik Koepfer (GER) Wednesday
(q) Gianluca Mager (ITA) c. (WC) Dennis Novak (AUT) Tuesday last match on Central
(7) Janik Sinner (ITA) v. Reilly Opelka (USA) Wednesday