Fucovich 64 in Melbourne, Marci is ranked 13th in the world rankings!

The 67-year-old Hungarian player of the world ranked 67th in the world rankings and broke his opponent in the first game and is also ranked in the ATP rankings. Fuchsovich held on to his advantage, then at 5: 3 he took his 20-year-old rival's serve again, giving him an advantage in 40 minutes.

The second set was tighter, both sides were confidently serving, neither of them lost a game of organ, so the shortening could follow. This also resulted in a balanced battle, and while Fuchsovich had a play ball at 7-6, Shapovalov finally took the third chance to even out the set.

However, the second act seemed to take a lot out of it, as in the third almost exclusively the Hungarian tennis player was on the pitch, broke three times and brought his own body every time and was again favored with a 6: 1 game.

In the sequel, for the first time in the game, Fuchsovic lost his serving boom in the first game of the fourth set, but managed to pull it back at 4: 3, then he focused more on the shortcut. considered his opponent much more likely.

Thanks to the most stable serving of the Hungarian tennis player, he won the match, and the North American rival made many more unforced errors, 62 in number while he only 35.

After the brilliant success, Fuchsovich will wait for last year's U21 World Championship 18-year-old Italian winner Jannik Sinner or Australia's Max Purcell from the qualifying table. The former ranked 82nd and 216th in the world rankings - their match is still in progress as it is currently raining in Melbourne.

Result Round 1 (To qualify for 64):

Fuchsovich Martin-Denis Shapovalov (Canadian, 13th) 6: 3, 6: 7 (7-9), 6: 1, 7: 6 (7-3)

(Source: sportrajongo.hu, mti / Photo: pixabay, mti)