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The second day of the Rolex Paris Master he saw the winning debut of Novak Djokovic and also that of Fabio Fognini, victorious over the young Frenchman Arthur Fils who just two days ago had beaten him in the decisive round of qualifying. The Ligurian will find tomorrow Grigor Dimitrov, who got rid of Van De Zandschulp with two tie-breaks. To close a great day of tennis the comeback of Denis Shapovalov on Francisco Cerundolo and the great victory of Holger Runewho saves two match points in the second set and one in the third a Stan Wawrinka, beating him at the tie-break of the decisive set. Here’s what happened in the last matches on Tuesday night.
G. Dimitrov b. B. Van De Zandschulp 7-6 (5) 7-6 (5)
In the afternoon the opponent of was also defined Fabio Fognini, who managed to take revenge on the 18-year-old Frenchman Arthur Fils. The Ligurian will be challenged Grigor Dimitrovimposed in due tiebreak on Botic Van De Zandschulp. In the first set, the Bulgarian is the first to go into difficulty, giving up the serve in the fifth game. The Dutchman maintains the lead until 5-4 when, serving to win the first set, a set point is missing and puts everything back on a level playing field, losing the serve at the first break ball offered. Dimitrov climbs to 5-5, saves another in the eleventh game and, having arrived at the tie-breakputs the arrow in the decisive moment, winning four of the last five points and closing 7-6 (5).
Even in the second set the script is the same, with the former world number 3 being the first to immediately break, however, resumed immediately. We come back to the tie-break, where the number 28 in the ranking is obtained correspondence point and convert the second at the end of a daring pointin which the deviation of the final belt. Dimitrov wins 7-6 (5) 7-6 (5) and, as mentioned, will face Wednesday Fabio Fognini.
D. Shapovalov b. F. Cerundolo 6-7 (2) 6-3 6-4
From the first exchanges the game promise showwith several long exchanges and a first game of six minutes. After one exchange of pauses and counter-pauses, Cerundolo is the first to keep the joke. Shapovalov imitates him shortly after, establishing a great balance. They both try to surprise the opponent with frequent changes of pace, but the serving player always manages to keep the serve quite easily (apart from when the Canadian recovers from 0-30 in the eighth game thanks to four excellent ones). This leads to the tie-breakwhere the number 16 in the world is quite foul, delivering 7-6 (2) the first Argentine fraction.
Despite the recently won set, the first to risk in the second is Cerundolo, forced to save a breakpoint in the second game. The number 30 ATP will cancel another in the seventh, but by dint of insisting, Shapovalov’s efforts will be rewarded. Next 4-3, the Canadian takes advantage three bad tips of his rival and goes to serve for the second set, closed 6-3 smoothly. The match continues to the decisive part, where there is still great cross-country balance. The show level is decreasing compared to the first set, but predicting a winner remains an extremely difficult task. The first to build break chances is the 23-year-old native of Tel Aviv, who misses two in the fifth game and risks in the eighth, having to recover from 0-30 to impact on 4-4. There Shapovalov places the decisive pawbreaking in the ninth game and triumphing 6-7 (2) 6-3 6-4. Far too many 45 not forced by Cerundolowho stayed in the game for a long time also because of a thick Canadian an alternating currentstill good at reaching Carreno Busta in the second round (with a view to a possible eighth against Nadal).
H. Rune b. [PR] S. Wawrinka 4-6 7-5 7-6 (3)
The last scheduled first round match initially it seems to slip away quite quickly. Both Rune and Wawrinka are peremptory in the first three respective rounds of service (the Swiss will close the first set with an impressive 13/13 with the first). He reaches 3-3 with a few prolonged exchanges and without an obvious master in the shorter ones. The first to concede a break point is the former world number 3, in a seventh game Features from many second serve. Just with a great second, however, the three-time Grand Slam champion is saved and stays ahead, moving to 4-3 and then to 5-4. Here the young Dane wraps himself up, concentrates all together four free mistakes and delivery 6-4 the first fraction to his opponent.
About empty passagesit is unexpectedly the same Wawrinka to have one at the dawn of the second set, immediately giving up the service with a bad straight mistake. Shortly after, in the fourth game, it is Rune who again has to face two break opportunities for his opponent, cancel with service. The 19-year-old from Copenhagen climbs to 3-1 and is now a make the game morebut the feeling is that the Swiss can rejoin the game at any moment. And, in fact, so it happens: above 4-3 the Dane is the victim of a new one horror duty shiftwhere you come in the last game of the first set tucks others four unforced errors (including two double fouls).
Wawrinka thanks, goes to 5-4 and plays a great turn of response, getting due match point. Runes collected due to direct points from the serve, but the Swiss can complain about a bad response to a tender second. The mistake will cost dearly, because on 5-5 the number 18 of the ranking slips two fantastic showers along the lineit goes back one break and, this time, closes: 7-5. The third set looks like there photocopy of the first: The games are very fast (as are most of the exchanges), without the shadow of a break point. The Swiss champion begins to accuse a little ‘of fatigue, he loses at least two points in all his first five batting rounds, but holds his own. On the contrary, the Danish he keeps four of his first five batting rounds at zerohooking the three-time Grand Slam champion at 5-5.
The tie-break seems to be the only way to decree a winner, with Rune coming to us after having another match point canceledan hour after the first two. The Dane makes no mistakes and is perfect perfect, bringing him only one point from victory. There are four consecutive match points, with the second turning out to be the good one. Ends 4-6 7-5 7-6 (3) in favor of the 19-year-old from Copenhagen, who survives anyway Stan Wawrinka, which has shown that it can still have its say despite the two and a half hours of battle and almost 20 years of difference. Rune will be seeded number 10 tomorrow Hubert Hurkacz: who will win challenges in the round of 16 Andrei Rublev, already after the qualification today’s victory over John Isner.