Matteo Arnaldi out on his debut at Wimbledon, the Italian tennis player exited the men’s singles tournament on grass, the third seasonal Grand Slam event that began today on the courts of the All England Club in London.
The 23-year-old Ligurian, number 35 in the ATP ranking, lost to the American Frances Tiafoe, 29 in the world and seeded, with a score of 6-7 (5) 2-6 6-1 6-3 6-3, in 3 hours and 12 minutes of play. After a good start to the match, the Italian suffered the comeback of Tiafoe, who changed his tennis, anticipating much more, thus taking away the court and rhythm from Arnaldi. Too bad for Arnaldi, of course Tiafoe in the 1st round was a difficult draw but when he went two sets up you could have hoped for a victorious final.
Frances Tiafoe completes her first comeback from two sets down in her career. Arnaldi takes her first career defeat in the fifth set: she had in fact won the first and only one played so far. After two excellent sets, Arnaldi suffered a comeback from Tiafoe in the third. The American The third set gave strength back to the American player who managed to come back, closing with 70% of points won with the second serve. According to the algorithm used on the tournament website, she played 29% of her shots in attack, 7% more than the Italian.
Now the American reaches the second round where he will face Borna Coric
Tennis Wimbledon, Matteo Arnaldi, July 1, 2024
