Us Open: ok Matteo Arnaldi, Fabio Fognini eliminated
Us Open: ok Matteo Arnaldi, Fabio Fognini eliminated
Everything was easy for Matteo Arnaldi, the 30th seed in the draw, in the first round of the Us Open. The Sanremese player, in fact, won in three sets with Zachary Svajda, number 102 in the ATP ranking, with the final score of 6-3 6-2 6-1 after an hour and three quarters of play.
After a balanced first set, decided only by a break in the eighth game, Arnaldi ramped up in the second and third halves, leaving only three games to his opponent. The Italian in the next round will face Russian Roman Safiullin, who defeated American Matthew Forbes in three sets.
No dice, however, for Fabio Fognini, who must already leave Flushing Meadows. In fact, the Taggiasco player had to surrender to Tomas Machac, number 39 in the world rankings, who won in three sets with the final score of 7-5 6-1 6-3 after one hour and three quarters of play.
Fognini got off to a bad start and immediately went down 0-3. The Italian managed to recover the disadvantage, tying at 4-4 but on 5-5 Machac placed a new and decisive stretch (7-5). Second set was one-sided for the Czech (6-1), who also took advantage of a physical problem complained by Fognini. In the third partial, Fognini put up more resistance but Machac did not è make himself beg, closing 6-3.
