Live tennis Rome Masters day 2: Schwartzman struggled to win

(Live Rome Masters) Schwartzman struggled to win against Kecmanovic after 3 sets.

Schwartzman won hard

“Dwarf” Diego Schwartzman has just had a tough victory over Miomir Kecmanovic. The first set, the two players competed to lose the break and Kecmanovic was the loser with a score of 2-6. In the second set, Schwartzman lost 2 breaks in games 7 and 9 and lost 3-6.

Schwartzman had a pretty hard win

Set 3 decided, Kecmanovic had an early break but lost the advantage. This player then broke in the 11th game but lost the break in the 12th game and had to enter a tie-break series. At this point, Schwartzman showed more bravery and won 7-3 thereby ending the match with a score of 2-1.

Isner, Norrie win the right to advance

Cameron Norrie won the right to go through after a 2-0 victory over Luca Nordi. The score of both sets is 6-4 with the same scenario as Norrie having 1 break point in both sets. Likewise, John Isner also went on with a 2-0 victory over Francisco Cerendolo.

“Little Federer” Grigor Dimotrov won easily

“Little Federer” Grigor Dimotrov had an easy victory over Brandon Nakashima. first set, Dimitrov had a break point in game 3 but lost it again in the next game. However, the Bulgarian still had 2 more break points to end the set with a score of 6-3. The scenario was similar in the second set when Nakashima demanded a break in the next game but Dimitrov continued to break to win with a score of 6-4.

Novak Djokovic – Aslan Karatsev: 19h, 10/5, round 2

Djokovic had a bad start to the clay season when he was soon eliminated in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters. The world No. 1 then reached his first final of 2022 at the Serbia Open in his home country, where he was defeated by Andrey Rublev. Then at the Madrid Open, Djokovic reached the semi-finals before losing to young player Carlos Alcaraz, who was crowned champion later.

Djokovic gradually improved through each clay tournament this year

Meanwhile, Karatsev started the 2022 season by winning the Sydney International, defeating Andy Murray in the final. However, the Russian tennis player dropped in form when they all soon stopped in the opening round in 3 consecutive clay tournaments.

In Rome Masters going on, Karatsev getting through the first round was not easy when the 28-year-old player needed a tie-break in the third set to beat Lloyd Harris 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7 (7). ). That victory helped Karatsev face Djokovic, a five-time Masters 1000 champion in Italy.

Unexpectedly, Djokovic and Karatsev are having a head-to-head ratio of 1-1. The first match between the two players took place in the semi-finals of the Australian Open last year, where Djokovic won easily 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. That same year, Djokovic and Karatsev clashed in the semi-finals of the Serbia Open and the Russian tennis player reclaimed the debt by winning 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

Andrey Rublev – Filip Krajinovic: 0h, 11/5, round 2

Rublev’s clay season began at the Monte Carlo Masters, where he lost to Jannik Sinner in three sets in the third round. The Russian then won his 11th career title at the Serbia Open with a 6-6 victory. 2, 6-7 (4), 6-0 against world number 1 Djokovic in the final.

The challenge is not easy for Rublev

At the Madrid Open last week, Rublev lost to world number 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets in the quarterfinals. It was Rublev’s third loss in a row to the Greek on clay.

Meanwhile, Krajinovic started this year’s clay season with a first-round loss to Dusan Lajovic at the Monte Carlo Masters. Then, the world number 54 defeated David Goffin in just two sets at the Serbia Open, before losing to Thiago Monteiro in the second round.

At the Madrid Open, Krajinovic soon stopped in the first round against John Isner. Krajinovic started the Rome Masters campaign with a 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4) victory over world number 26 Frances Tiafoe.

Rublev has met Krajinovic 4 times in the past, with an even head-to-head record with a score of 2-2. Therefore, the next match promises not to be easy for the 6th seed.

Schedule of Rome Masters Day 2

According to Sy Anh (Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Magazine)