Tennis
Tsitsipas: In the early hours of Monday, his double battle for entry into the Indian Wells octave
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Felithiano Lopez meet Poutz and Vinos on Monday night (March 14, 3:00 a.m.) against the background of reaching the quarter-finals of the doubles in Indian Wells.
After the exciting win in singles against Jack Shock on Sunday night, Stefanos Tsitsipas plays in doubles for the “16” phase, with the Spaniard Felithiano Lopez at his side.
The formed duo, who have five wins in a row and also won the title in Acapulco, will face Tim Poutz (Germany) and Michael Vinus (New Zealand) in the early hours of Monday (not before 03:00 GMT). 14/3). ) with the aim of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the tournament.
A mission that will not be easy as Poutz and Vinous (No. 6 on the board) had reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open while the New Zealander had won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics last summer.
In case of qualification, a very interesting match is expected as Tsitsipas and Lopez are very likely to face Australian Open winners Nick Kyrgio and Thanasis Kokkinakis, who will play with Americans John Isner and Jack Shock.
Premiere for Zverev and Beretini
Alexander Zverev and Mateo Beretini compete in the tournament with the penalized (suspended) German and world No. 3 taking on American and world No. 39 Tommy Paul (06:00 GR) in the 1st round, who has beat him in their only match of 2020 in Acapulco.
Premiere with many… pitfalls for Mateo Beretini, because the Italian meets the qualified and up-and-coming Dane Hogler Roon (No. 68) in the first duel (01:00 GR).
Today’s program features Andy Murray’s 2nd game, who will face the Kazakh and world No. 33 Alexander Bublick, but also that of the two American big servers Sam Querrey and John Isner.
“First” at this year’s tournament in California and for Russia’s Andrei Rublev and Aslan Karachev, who will play Dominic Kepfrer and Steve Johnson respectively, while Felix Ozer Aliasim will also premiere before taking on Z. a few days later and is positive Covid tested -19.
Important toy for women
Interesting in important games is the program on the women’s board with Iga Sfiodek against the dangerous Danish Clara Townson, while the program in midfield opens with Emma Radukanou against Petra Martic (20:00 GR).
A conflicting match is that of Simona Halep with Corey Goff in the last game of the day on Central Court from the women’s side, while in Stadium 2 the American Madison Keys plays against her compatriot Allison Riske.
The program in this stadium will be completed by another interesting game with Daria Kasatkina and Angelique Kember.
SOURCE: Tennis24
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