Seppi fights for his first win of the season

The 36-year-old from Kalter prevailed in the first round against compatriot Matteo Viola (ATP 225) in three hard-fought sets 6:2, 4:6, 7:5. In the third period, Seppi even had to fend off two match points. Seppi, seeded number 4 in Biella, and qualifier Viola have never faced each other in their careers. The 33-year-old from Mestre reached the round of 225 at the first Challenger tournament in Biella last week, but failed there against Slovenia's Blaz Rola. Viola is currently ranked 118th in the ATP rankings, his best placement was 2013th in March XNUMX. The match was very even. In the third game, Seppi Viola took the serve for a 2-1 lead. With the score at 3:2, the Kalterer player had to fend off four break points, but still managed to get through his service. In the following game Seppi got the next break to make it 5:2. The world number 107 made it with an ace. the sack to make it 6:2. In the second half of the game, Seppi was already behind 1:3 and 2:4, but always countered with the rebreak. At 5:4 from Viola's point of view, the Italian managed to get the decisive break to win the set 6:4. Seppi cancels 2 match points So this exciting match had to be decided in the third set, where Viola took the lead again 3-1. But Seppi immediately got the rebreak. In the seventh game, the Überetscher was already 40-0 ahead on Viola's serve, but missed all three break chances. Viola did better, taking the service from Seppi in the following game to make it 5:3. The match seemed decided, but Seppi didn't give up yet and reduced the score to 4:5 with the rebreak. In the tenth game, Viola even had two match points on Seppi's serve, but the Kalter player fended off both and equalized 5:5. Viola was on the ground, Seppi took advantage of this and increased the lead to 6:5 with the next break. Immediately afterwards it was Seppi who was able to assert himself in this hard-fought match - after three break chances to make it 6:6 - after 2:19 hours of play with 7:5. What a fighting heart from the Kalter tennis professional. On Wednesday against Klizan It is Seppi's first win of the season after he was eliminated in the first round of the ATP 250 tournament in Melbourne and the Australian Open. In the round of 5 on Wednesday he will face the Slovakian Martin Klizan, who was able to eliminate the Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles. Seppi leads in a direct comparison with Klizan with 2:2019 victories. He also won the last duel in Sydney in XNUMX in straight sets.

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Seppi fights for his first win of the season

Andreas Seppi made it into the round of 132.280 with a lot of effort on Tuesday afternoon in the ATP Challenger in Biella, which was worth XNUMX euros.

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