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Key moments
END OF MATCH: KARATSEV SYDNEY ATP CHAMPION
2º Set Karatsev (6-3 6-3) Murray
On his third match ball Karatsev closes it to win the first title of the year.
2º Set Karatsev (6-3 5-2) Murray
Aslan Karatsev wins with a game in white and could close the match in the remainder and with the serve in favor
2º Set Karatsev (6-3 4-1) Murray
The Russian tennis player saves four break balls against Murray and is only two games away from closing the match.
2º Set Karatsev (6-3 3-1) Murray
The Russian tennis player makes his first clean sheet in this set and Andy Murray opens in this second set.
2º Set Karatsev (6-3 2-0) Murray
The Russian tennis player starts as he did in the first set by breaking serve in the first game at rest
Karatsev wins the first set
1º Set Karatsev (6-3) Murray
Karatsev closes the first set in the remainder and on his first set ball.
1º Set Karatsev (5-3) Murray
The Russian tennis player will have the opportunity to win the first set with the rest or with serve in favor
1º Set Karatsev (4-2) Murray
Both win their games on serve and Karatsev continues to have the advantage in this first set.
1º Set Karatsev (3-1) Murray
Andy Murray won the game in white, while Karatsev won easily.
1º Set Karatsev (2-0) Murray
In the first game to rest, the Russian tennis player breaks the service and then wins the game in white with the serve in favor.
This will begin shortly
In a few minutes, the match will start, Andy Murray will start serving
Australian Open Debut
Andy Murray will start the Australian Open against Basilashvili, a player he has already faced in this tournament, while Karatsev will face Spanish player Munar.
Who will revalidate De Miñaur ?
The Sydney ATP has not been played since 2019 due to the pandemic, won by the Australian, De Miñaur. Today Murray or Karatsev will revalidate the title.
This is the 69th final for the tennis player from Great Britain.
Andy Murray will play his 69th final, and he is very close to reach the 700 victories, he has 695 and could get one more;
In the fight for the first title of the year
Golden opportunity for both players who can take the first title of 2022 and will serve to arrive reinforced to the Australian Open;
ATP Rankings
Russian tennis player Karatsev is ranked number 20 in the ATP while Andy Murray is ranked number 135 in the ATP.
The final will begin in a few minutes
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What time is the Karatsev vs Andy Murray match at ATP Sydney?
his is the start time of the match on January 15th, 2022 in several countries:
Argentina: 04:00 hrs. Bolivia: 03:00 hrs. Brasil: 04:00 hrs. Chile: 02:00 hrs. Colombia: 02:00 hrs. Ecuador: 02:00 hrs. España: 9:00 hrs. México: 2:00 hrs. Paraguay: 3:00 hrs. Peru: 02:00 hrs. Uruguay: 03:00 hrs. Greece: 10:00 hrs. Serbia: 9:00 hrs.
The victory point of the Russian tennis player who needed three hours to qualify to the final.
Andy Murray's wonderful lob in the semifinals against Opelka
How does Andy Murray arrive ?
The tennis player from Great Britain finished the year playing in the exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi where he first defeated Evans and then won the semifinals against Nadal, who returned from injury. However, in the final he was defeated in the final by Rublev. In the first match of 2022 at the Melbourne tournament he was defeated in the round of 16 by Argentine Bagnis 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. In the first match of the ATP of Sidney, in the seventeenth round, he comfortably defeated the Norwegian Durasovic, 3-6 and 1-3, in little more than an hour. Then in the round of 16 he had to come back to Basilashvill. In the quarterfinals David Goffin had to retire and in the semifinals he started losing the first set but a double 4-6 has given him the pass to the final.
How does Karatsev arrive ?
The Russian tennis player finished the year winning the Moscow ATP, where he defeated Cilic in the final. Then he finished the year with two big disappointments, losing in the first rounds of the St. Petersburg ATP and the Paris ATP, against Millman and Korda, two opponents a priori inferior to Karatsev. Since November he did not play a tournament and has returned with the ATP of Sidney where he is in the final after defeating Kecmanovic 2-0 while both Sonego in the quarterfinals and Evans in the semifinals had to play all three sets;
Background
It is the first time that the Russian and the British tennis player will face each other and they will do it in a final, in search of their first ATP of 2022 for both players;
Headquarters
The match will be played at the Ken Rosawall Arena, a track that was built for the 2000 Sydney Olympics and has a capacity of 10500 spectators;
Preview of the game
Karatsev and Andy Murray will meet in the final of the Sydney ATP where both will be looking to win their first title of the year and go into the Australian Open on a high note;
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