Match Report
Spizzirri recovers from missed match factors, qualifies for US Open important draw
Veterans Schwartzman, Albot additionally advance to important draw
August 22, 2024
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Eliot Spizzirri rallied again from squandering 4 match factors within the second set to qualify for his first US Open important draw (File Photograph)
By ATP Employees
Dwelling hope Eliot Spizzirri superior to his first main important draw Thursday when he survived #NextGenATP star Joao Fonseca 7-6(8), 6-7(5), 6-4 within the remaining spherical of US Open qualifying. The American squandered 4 match factors within the second set, however shortly rebounded and held his nerve in an exhilarating back-and-forth battle.
Spizzirri received 75 per cent of his first-serve factors as he defeated the Brazilian in two hours and 36 minutes.
The American let slip a 0/40 lead on Fonseca’s serve at 5-4 within the second set and once more held a match level later that recreation after Fonseca introduced it to deuce.
Spizzirri, a local of close by Greenwich, Connecticut, let loose a sigh of aid and a loud roar after changing his sixth match level to shut out the match within the decider.
The 22-year-old completed as No. 1 within the ITA remaining singles rating in Might for the second consecutive yr. In 2023, the College of Texas graduate reached the third spherical of US Open qualifying.
Spizzirri will probably be joined by Diego Schwartzman, who superior to his eleventh consecutive US Open important draw after his victory over #NextGenATP star Vilius Gaubas 6-4, 6-4. The 32-year-old Argentine transformed six of his 10 break level alternatives en path to defeating the Lithuanian, 13 years his junior.
The previous No. 8 within the PIF ATP Rankings is about to make his remaining Flushing Meadows look after asserting earlier this yr that he’ll retire following the 2025 Argentina Open. Schwartzman reached the quarter-finals in New York in 2017 and 2019, falling to Pablo Carreno Busta and Rafael Nadal respectively.
One other tour-veteran, Radu Albot, secured victory by overcoming Shintaro Mochizuki 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to make his tenth main-draw look at Flushing Meadows. Albot was joined by Canadian Gabriel Diallo, who battled previous Frenchman Valentin Royer 7-6(3), 6-4 to qualify for his first US Open.
Dwelling hope Mitchell Krueger defeated German Maximilian Marterer 6-4, 6-2 whereas Frenchman Kyrian Jacquet got here by Austrian Jurij Rodionov 7-6(6), 6-1 to qualify for his first Grand Slam.