Kecmanovic did it again: he saved two match points and stayed in the Australian Open

The adage “to win, you must first know how to suffer” resonates strongly in the world of sports. No doubt this is becoming clearer to you in this regard Australian Open Championship to Miumur Kekmanović (60 in the world), which He saved two match points in consecutive matches.

In his latest display, the Serbian showed the exit door to Tommy Paul (Fourteenth), finalist for the semi-finals of the last edition. Naturally, the match was not easy at all, as the American had two points to conclude the match in the fourth set tiebreak, one of which was on his serve, which he missed and then awarded the victory to them. Kekmanović by 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (7) and 6-0Who reached the round of 16.

The 24-year-old right-hander has already experienced this situation, specifically in sparring Second round Before the German Jan-Lennard Struff (25), who had two opportunities in the last group to advance to the next stage, but Kekmanovic saved them and settled the classification with a difference. 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5), 1-6 and 7-6 (9)).

Thus, the one born in Belgrade was a new cross for the Church Americans, who did not perform well in the first major tournament of the season: in 2023, three of them reached the quarter-finals, while in this edition only two are still in the running on the seventh day of the main draw, thanks to performances. to Alex Michelsen (91 degrees) and Taylor Fritz (12°) which will be measured in Teutonic Alexander Zverev (6°) and Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (Seventh) in a row.

This way, Kekmanovic will not face more or less than the Spaniard in the next match Carlos Alcaraz (Second), who defeated the Chinese young man Junqing Shang (140) 6-1, 6-1, 1-0 and retired at Rod Laver Arena.

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