The first god falls two Italians involved in the round of 16 at the Queen’s Club in London: in the tournament of ATP 500 category Matteo Arnaldi surrenders to Australian qualifier Rinky Hijikatawhich imposes itself by 7-6 (0) 7-6 (7) after two hours and nine minutes of battle. For the ocean team in the quarterfinals one between the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and the American Sebastian Korda.
In the first set the balance lasts until 2-2, then the blue gives up serve to fifteen in the fifth game and to zero in the seventh. It seems over, but Arnaldi reacts: break at thirty in the eighth game, another break in the advantage in the tenth after canceling a set point and comeback completed at 5-5. In the eleventh game Arnaldi also cancels four break points and so we go to the tiebreak, which however is dominated by Hijikata, who wins 7-0 after 58′.
In the second game the Australian canceled a break point in the third game and two in the seventh, while Arnaldi had to cancel two match points in the tenth game. We still go to the tiebreak: the Australian starts at 2-0, turns at 4-2 and gets three match points at 6-3. Arnaldi scores four points and gets to 7-6, but doesn’t take advantage of the set point, with the serve available, and the oceanic punishes him, going to close at 9-7 after 71′.
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The Australian wins 97 points against 83 of the blue, with Hijikata arriving to obtain some 14 in a row between the first and second sets. Arnaldi scores more winners, 37 against 20but also concedes more free, 13 to 5. The blue saves 7 of the 9 break points concededbut only exploits it two of the five had available.
