Luca Nardi gets off to a strong start: now he dreams of a feat with Carlos Alcaraz
Luca Nardi gets off to a strong start: now he dreams of the feat with Carlos Alcaraz
Nice victory for Luca Nardi on his debut in the Doha ATP 500: the Italian tennis player, number 85 on the day, overcame number 49 Zhizhen Zhang in two sets in the first round of the tournament in Qatar. Nardi è won in an hour and a quarter with a score of 6-4, 6-3, and in the next round will face the tournament's number one seed Carlos Alcaraz, who is hunting for points to shorten his gap from number one Jannik Sinner, suspended until May.
Nardi è was very positive on serve, and ended the match with five aces and 76 percent of points won with the first. The 21-year-old from Pesaro had the break in the 10th game, in which he got the break and avoided the tie-break, closing out the first set 6-4.
In the second Zhang fought back by breaking in the fifth game, but then è finally collapsed under the blows of the Blue, who won the 4 consecutive games and è won the match. Now the prohibitive challenge against the champion of Murcia.
