Predictions respected. Field-6 brought the blues well today first round of the Masters1000 in Madrid. After the victory of Flavio Cobolli against the Chilean Alejandro Tabilothe success signed by has arrived Matteo Arnaldi (world no.36) against the Australian Christopher O’Connell (n.67 ATP). A clear victory for 6-4 6-1 that of the Ligurian, in the presence of an opponent who, after a fairly fought first set, broke up at a distance. Arnaldi, therefore, will face the No. 3 seed in the second round, Daniil Medvedev.
In the first set Matteo struggles to find the right time in response, especially on the team’s first serve.aussie. At the same time, the backhand slice created some embarrassment for the Ligurian in the exchange, forced to save a break point in the fifth game. In the crucial phase of the fraction, however, the greatest aptitude to face moments of this kind is seen in the Italian tennis player. O’Connell does not find immediate solutions with the serve and in the arm wrestling from the baseline our standard bearer commands, obtaining the break in the tenth game (6-4).
In the second set we witness a soliloquy from the Italian tennis player. Great depth in the shots of the n.36 in the ranking and the Australian can’t keep up the pace. This resulted in two consecutive breaks in favor of the blue in the second and fourth games which put the match on ice. Matteo doesn’t capitalize on a match ball in the sixth game, but in the seventh he has no hesitations and at the score of 6-1 he can proudly shake hands with his opponent.
Taking a look at statisticsthe number of aces scored by Alessandro Petrone’s student is noteworthy (8), as are the points won on service: 73% with the first serve and 70% with the second serve, the latter being a crucial value in the economy of the challenge .
