The Ukrainian missed three match points and lost to Kazakh tennis player Timofey Skatov in three sets
Ukrainian tennis player Vitaly Sachko lost in the second round of the tournament ATP Challenger in german Karlsruhe.
The Ukrainian met with the sixth seeded Timofey Skatov from Kazakhstan. Vitaliy confidently won the first set, taking the opponent’s serve and reliably winning back on his own.
In the second game, the Ukrainian served for the match, had two match points, but lost in a tie-break. The decisive game went according to a similar scenario – Vitaly had one more match point, but in the end Skatov won.
Recall that in the first round Sachko defeated Juan Pablo Fikovich from Argentina. Another Ukrainian at the tournament in Karlsruhe, Vyacheslav Belinsky, failed to qualify.
- ATP Challenger Tour. Karlruhe, Germany. First round
Timofey Skatov (Kazakhstan, 6) – Vitaly Sachko (Ukraine) – 2:1 (3:6, 7:6(8), 7:6(7))
Source: Sportarena
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