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The 21-year-old American saved nine of 12 break points and won
three of four break-point opportunities against Arnaldi, who had
11 aces but committed five double faults. Earlier this week
Arnaldi was added to the field after top seed Holger Rune of
Denmark withdrew to be available for the Nitto ATP Finals as the
first alternate.
The Next Gen ATP Finals are the season finale for the best
21-and-under players in the world. Matches are best of five
sets, first to four games in each set, with a tiebreak at 3-all.
After two groups of four play a single round robin, the top two
players from each group will advance to a single-elimination
bracket.
The only upset of the first day was Swiss seventh seed Dominic
Stricker beating third seed Jack Draper of Great Britain on the
strength of three straight tiebreakers -- 4-3 (5), 4-3 (5), 4-3
(5). Draper saved six of seven break points, but Stricker had a
14-10 edge in aces and won 39 of his 45 first-service points
(86.7 percent).
No. 2 seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy took care of sixth seed
Chun-Hsin Tseng of Taiwan 4-2, 4-2, 4-2. And fifth seed Jiri
Lehecka of the Czech Republic beat eighth seed Francesco Passaro
of Italy 4-1, 4-3 (7), 4-1.
Green Group match record (set record)
1. Jiri Lehecka 1-0 (3-0)
2. Brandon Nakashima 1-0 (3-2)
3. Matteo Arnaldi 0-1 (2-3)
4. Francesco Passaro 0-1 (0-3)
Red Group match record (set record)
T1. Lorenzo Musetti 1-0 (3-0)
T1. Dominic Stricker 1-0 (3-0)
T3. Jack Draper 0-1 (0-3)
T3. Chun-Hsin Tseng 0-1 (0-3)
--Field Level Media
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