Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Matteo Berrettini in straight sets in the first round of the ATP Masters 1000 hard-court tournament in Cincinnati to end a six-game losing streak. The inaugural rival was met by Jannik Sinner.

Going into the first round match of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Matteo Berrettini needed victory like oxygen. The Canadian was on a six-game losing streak, while the Italian was slowly getting back on track after a disastrous first half. Finally, after almost two and a half hours of duel interrupted by the rain, the 23-year-old Montrealer had reason to be happy, who won 4:6, 6:2, 6:3.

“It’s a big win for me,” Auger-Aliassime said as quoted by atptour.com. “I had to face a lot of things, comments lately, but I knew that I had not lost my tennis. I will try to continue in the right direction, “added the Canadian, who was waiting for the victory since May 24, when he beat Pablo Llamas in Lyon.

The 12th seed Auger-Aliassime, who had nine aces, three breaks and 26 finishers on Monday, will face Adrian Mannarino in the second round. – Every game is different. I can’t take victories for granted.

Eighth seed Jannik Sinner, winner of last week’s Toronto event, will begin his struggles at the Western & Southern Open with a meeting with Dusan Lajovic. The Serbian qualifier beat Francisco Cerundolo 6-3, 6-4.

Emil Ruusuvuori became Andrei Rublev’s first rival marked with a “seven”. The Finn won 6-4, 6-2 against Corentin Moutet, a playoff player. Nicolas Jarry also advanced to the second round, which proved to be better than Roman Safiullin in three games.

Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati (USA)
ATP Masters 1000, Hard Court, $6.600 million prize pool
monday august 14

1st singles round:

Félix Auger-Aliassime (Canada, 12) – Matteo Berrettini (Italy) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Nicolas Jarry (Chile) – Roman Safiullin 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Emil Ruusuvuori (Finland) – Corentin Moutet (France, Q) 6-4, 6-2
Dusan Lajovic (Serbia, Q) v Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina) 6-3, 6-4

free prizes: Carlos Alcaraz (Spain, 1); Novak Djokovic (Serbia, 2); Daniel Medvedev (3); Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece, 4); Casper Ruud (Norway, 5); Holger Rune (Denmark, 6); Andrei Rublev (7); Jannik Sinner (Italy, 8)

He no longer has to talk about the defeat against Hurkacz. “It’s a great moment in my career”

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