Match report
Mannarino information three hundredth victory and advances to Beijing R2
Lehecka, Greek monitor advance
September 26, 2024
ATP tour
Mannarino makes his first look in Beijing since 2016.
By Krishna Goda
Adrian Mannarino celebrated a historic three hundredth ATP Tour win on Thursday as he rallied to beat Lorenzo Sonego 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 and advance to the second spherical on the China Open.
The quantity 44 within the PIF ATP Rankings transformed three of his six break factors to register a victory in a single hour and 57 minutes, based on Infosys ATP Stats. He prolonged his Lexus ATP Head2Head in opposition to the Italian to 3-2, having received his opponent’s final three matches.
Mannarino grew to become the twelfth Frenchman within the Open Period to succeed in this milestone. The previous No. 17 participant, who reached the hard-court semi-finals on the Dallas Open earlier this yr, recorded his first tour-level victory in October 2008 when he defeated Andreas Seppi in Metz.
The 36-year-old has returned to Beijing for the primary time since 2016, when he misplaced to Rafael Nadal within the second spherical. He made his debut on the occasion in 2015, falling within the opening spherical to Yen-Hsun Lu.
The Frenchman will face compatriot Gael Monfils or third seed Daniil Medvedev within the subsequent spherical in Beijing.
In different motion, Dutchman Tallon Greekpoor defeated Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-3, whereas Jiri Lehecka defeated Pedro Martinez 7-6(4), 6-2. Czech Lehecka will subsequent play Roberto Bautista Agut or Arthur Rinderknech, whereas Greek Spoor will face second seed Carlos Alcaraz or Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.