At the start of the qualifying tournament in New York, the 21-year-old Lithuanian defeated Swiss representative Kilian Feldbausch (ATP-231) with a score of 6:3, 7:6(1) after 1 hour and 42 minutes of battle.
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The Swiss player, a year younger, was the first to break Vilius’s serve and led 3:2 in the first set, but our compatriot quickly leveled the score and then won three more games in a row to close the set.
In the second set, the Lithuanian tennis team representative played flawlessly until the 12th game, where he was serving to close the match. However, a few unforced errors led to a tiebreak, in which Vilius quickly regained the initiative and celebrated victory.
Controlling the match with his first serves, V. Gaubas won as much as 82 percent of points on them, and outperformed his opponent in winners by double – 22:11.
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The victory in the first qualifying round guaranteed the tennis player 8 ATP ranking points and a very solid prize of 48 thousand US dollars.
In the next stage, V. Gaubas’s opponent will be Italian Marco Cecchinato (ATP-166) or Brit Liam Broady (ATP-197).
Playing in New York for the third time, the Lithuanian performed best in 2024, when he reached the qualifying final, where he lost to the famous Argentine Diego Schwartzman.
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