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3-2 Game Sonego. With a winning serve Lorenzo holds serve.
40-0 Kecmanovic’s forehand response fails.
30-0 The Belgrade tennis player’s running forehand takes off.
15-0 First winner for the Piedmontese.
2-2 Game Kecmanovic. Service and forehand for the Serbian.
40-0 Lorenzo’s backhand response runs away.
30-0 The Turin player’s backhand fails to pass.
15-0 First ACE also for the Belgrade tennis player.
2-1 Game Sonego. With the first ACE the blue holds the serve.
40-0 Kecmanovic buries this attempt at a dampener.
30-0 The Serbian’s running forehand escapes.
15-0 Lorenzo’s winning service.
1-1 Game Kecmanovic. The Turin player’s backhand stops on the tape.
40-15 Full-arm winning forehand response from the blue.
40-0 Broad shot to the center by the Serbian.
30-0 First winner for the Belgrade tennis player.
15-0 The recovery with the running backhand of the Piedmontese is just a breath away in the corridor.
1-0 Game Sonego. The Serbian’s backhand return fails.
40-30 Serve and volley well played by the blue.
30-30 The straight along the Turin line does not pass.
30-15 Service and forehand for Lorenzo.
15-15 Kecmanovic moves to the forehand and releases a powerful inside out.
15-0 Sonego winning service.
FIRST WEEK
12.05 Pre-match warm-up underway. In just over 4 minutes the match begins with the blue serving.
12.03 Welcomed by the crowd’s applause, Lorenzo Sonego and the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic enter the field.
11.57 A few more minutes separate us from the entry onto the pitch of the two protagonists of the match.
11.52 The winner of the match will find in the second round the one who wins the German derby between the qualifier Oscar Otte and the number 2 seed Alexander Zverev.
11.47 What we are going to comment on will be the eighth direct match ever between the two, with the situation at ATP level stuck at 2 all. In 2019 the Piedmontese won the only challenge on grass, winning the ATP final in Antalya.
11.42 Good morning and welcome back to the LIVE LIVE written by Sonego-Kecmanovic. Just under twenty minutes until the two protagonists of the first round match of the ATP 500 in Halle entered the court.
Good morning and welcome to LIVE textual LIVE of the first round of the ATP 500 in Halle between Lorenzo Sonego and the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic. Eighth direct comparison overall between the two, but fifth in the major circuit with the situation anchored at 2 all and a precedent in favor of the Turin driver on grass. In fact, Sonego won the final of the Antalya tournament in 2019. The winner of the match will challenge in the second round the person who wins the German derby between the qualifier Oscar Otte and the number 2 seed Alexander Zverev.
Sonego, a twenty-nine year old from Turin, makes his debut on grass after an uninspiring first part of the season in which he showed flashes of his best tennis without ever reaching the quarter-finals at ATP level. Her best result was the semi-final in her rich Challenger 125 in her Turin. Lorenzo has often shown that he can adapt his game to grass and fast conditions, winning the ATP Antalya in 2019 at the expense of his next opponent.
For his part, Kecmanovic, a twenty-five year old from Belgrade, is certainly not experiencing a brilliant period of his career. The Serbian’s best result of the season was the round of 16 reached at the Australian Open. A start to the season which he provided with very different conditions, before the number 53 in the ATP ranking entered a tunnel of defeats and counter-performances. Having withdrawn due to physical problems in the second round of Roland Garros, Kecmanovic has already made his debut on grass, losing in 3 sets to the Dutch Griekspoor in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
The first round match of the ATP 500 in Halle between Lorenzo Sonego and the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic will be the first on Court 1 from 12.00. It will be possible to follow the event live on Sky Sport, and in streaming on Sky GO, NOW and Tennis TV. OA Sport will offer you LIVE LIVE written point by point of the match. Have fun and good tennis everyone!
