Tennis
Sachko challenged Tim to fight once again but was unable to defeat the US Open 2020 champion.
Ukrainian tennis player Vitaly Sachko (ATR 161) completed its performance in the Challenger race held indoors on hard ground in Bratislava (Slovakia).
In the 1/16 final of the competition, the Ukrainian athlete lost in two sets to the former third-place racket in the world and the US Open 2020 champion. Dominik Thiem (Austria, ATP 72) In 1 hour 45 minutes.
ATP Challenger Bratislava. It’s hard indoors. 1/16 final
Dominik Thiem (Austria) [1] – Vitaly Sachko (Ukraine) – 7:6 (7:5), 6:3
Vitaly won the first set with a break (5:2), but in the 9th game he failed to serve and soon lost the set in a tiebreak.
This was the second meeting of tennis players. Vitaly lost to Dominic with scores of 4:6 and 5:7 at the start of the ATP 500 tournament in Vienna in 2020.
In the 1/8 final of the Challenger, Thiem will play against Gabriel Diallo or Arthur Fery.
Source: Sport UA
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