Andreas Seppi makes the “Bad Boy” look quite old

Less than 24 hours after his Out of the doubles competition The 35-year-old South Tyrolean (ATP number 74) is ranked 27th in the world. from Down Under with 7:6, 6:1 and thus secured their ticket to the round of XNUMX. The game lasted just over an hour.

As usual, Seppi was slow to get up to speed and was quickly down 0-3, but then he was suddenly wide awake and bought the edge from Kyrgios, who was notorious for his escapades. First he fended off three set points before landing his first break at 3:5 and a little later equalizing on his own serve to make it 5:5. The first set was finally decided in a tiebreak, which Seppi won 7:5.

Kyrgios had no chance in the second set Kyrgios' resistance was now completely broken, while the veteran from Überetsch now put almost every ball into the field with pressure and completed the program with confidence. The favorite from Australia only managed one serve game in the second set, but Seppi didn't show any weakness and moved away to 5-1 with his third break in this game. The last, decisive game in our own service was just a formality.

This was only Seppi's second victory in an all-time comparison with the 24-year-old Kyrgios, who has already left the court as a winner three times - the last time this season happened with a clear two-set win in Acapulco. Seppi the favorite in the round of 16 In the round of 931.335 of the $XNUMX “Huajin Securities Championships” in Zhuhai on Thursday, Seppi will face Chinese local hero Zhizhen Zhang, who slipped into the main field through a wildcard and immediately knocked German qualifier Dominik Kopfer out of the competition.

The 22-year-old from Shanghai is in position 224 in the world rankings, well behind the South Tyrolean. The two right-handers, who are very similar in terms of playing equipment, have never faced each other on the ATP tour.

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Andreas Seppi makes the “Bad Boy” look quite old

Andreas Seppi showed his best tennis on Wednesday at the ATP 250 hard court tournament in Zhuhai (China) and easily dispatched Australian superstar Nick Kyrgios.

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