Tennis
Two tiebreakers. Sachko takes third place at Challenger in Austria
Ukraine’s first racket Vitaly Sachko He defeated third seed Jaume Munyar in the first round of the Challenger in Bad Waltersdorf, Austria.
In the first set, Sachko made a break and took a 3:0 lead, but soon the opponents took breaks, and then Munyar received another serve from the Ukrainian player. The set went to a tiebreak and Sachko won smoothly, making six rallies in a row. Neither opponent managed to make a break in the second set but Munyar came close to doing so twice; He managed to close the set with a score of 5:4, but Sachko managed to take a step back from 15:40. The tiebreaking decision was again decided by the Ukrainian tennis player, who gave up only one serve with a score of 4:0.
In the second round, Vitaly Sachko will play against Austrian Dennis Novak, who defeated Sandro Copp, the “lucky loser” of the qualifying round, in two sets. Sachko and Novak had not played each other before.
ATP Challenger 125, Bad Waltersdorf, Austria, clay, 1 round
Vitaly Sachko (Ukraine) – Jaume Munar (Spain, 3) – 7:6 (7:3), 7:6 (7:1)
Source: Sport UA
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