ATP Beijing: Arnaldi shines, Sonego collapses

ATP Beijing: Arnaldi shines, Sonego collapses

Half-smiles for Italy in the first round of the Beijing ATP 500. Lorenzo Sonego’s defeat in three sets (5-7 6-3 0-6) against Frenchman Ugo Humbert, world No. 36, è was followed by Matteo Arnaldi’s fine victory, who won with a double 6-2 over U.S. J.J. Wolf, No. 51 in the ATP rankings.

The comeback attempt to the Piedmontese tennis player did not è succeed: down a set and a break, Sonego è managed to get back into the match, extending the match to the third and decisive set. Here forò the blue è completely collapsed, failing to win a single game.

It was a real showdown for Arnaldi, who started off strong right away and won the break lead in the third game. The Sanremese player repeated it in the seventh game and made the first set his own 6-2. In the second partial, the Azure plays even looser and quickly rises to 4-0, then closes with the same score as in the first set.

Sonego must thus bid farewell to Beijing, while Arnaldi advances to the second round of the Chinese tournament where he will face the winner of the challenge between the number four seed, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Chilean Nicolas Jarry, world number 23 in the world.