The first racket of Ukraine Oleksandr Dolgopolov failed to reach the 1/8 final of a major tournament on hard courts of the ATP 1000 Cincinnati.
After a surprise victory over Kevin Anderson, Dolgopolov had a meeting with the strongest tennis Australia Nick Kyrgios. The players held the second-person meeting last year on the Cup of Hopman Kyrgios in two sets against Dolgopolov.
The first break in the match made Ukrainian, but local success played with Dolgopolov a cruel joke. With the score 3:2 Alexander lost four games in a row and was in the verge of departure from the tournament.
In the course of the second batch of both players in turn have forgiven each other for the allowed break points. In the tiebreak, Dolgopolov was leading 3:0, then unsuccessfully performed easy smash and lost a solid lead. Alexander has yet reached the set-bol, but Kyrgios at the expense of first filing left and Doge
Ukrainian opponent.
For an exit in the second round of the ATP 1000 to Alexander Dolgopolov earned more than 32 thousand dollars in prize money and 45 ranking points. Losing nick Kyrios, Ukrainian missed a chance to get back in the top 60 of the ATP ranking.
Nick Kyrgios (Australia) — Alexander Dolgopolov (Ukraine) — 6:3, 7:6
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