Matteo Arnaldi lost in the round of 16 of the “Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships”, the ATP 500 tournament with total prize money of 2,342,275 dollars taking place on the hard court of the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo. The Ligurian, number 37 in the world, surrendered in the second round to the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, number 3 in the international ranking and the main force on the draw, with a score of 7-6 (6) 6-1. Arnaldi regrets the first set: in the tie-break the Italian led 6-2 and failed four set balls, giving up six points in a row and the first half, before “collapsing” in the following set. In the quarter-finals Alcaraz will challenge the Canadian Denis Shapovalov, who won today against the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo with a score of 7-5 3-6 6-4.
Matteo Berrettini bowed out in the round of 16 from the ‘Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships’, the ATP 500 tournament taking place on the hard court of the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo.
The Roman player, number 47 in the world, surrendered in the second round to the Paraguayan Adolfo Daniel Vallejo, number 56 in the international ranking, with a score of 7-6 (6) 6-1. Regret for the blue for the first half, in which he failed 4 set balls: one at 5-4, with his opponent serving, and three in the tie-break, when he led 6-3, before collapsing under Vallejo’s blows.