“Vitaly lost to Lerner Tien in the semifinals of the competition in France”, — write: sport.ua
In the semifinals, the leader of Ukrainian men’s tennis lost in two sets Lerner Tien (USA, ATP 38) in 58 minutes.
ATP 250 Metz. Indoor hard, 1/2 finals
Vitaly Sachko (Ukraine) [LL] – Lerner Tien (USA) – 1:6, 4:6
Vitaliy held a face-to-face confrontation against Lerner for the first time.
Sachko played in the semifinals at the Tour level for the first time in his career. Previously, Vitaly had never advanced beyond the 1/16 finals.
Sachko in Metz started in the qualification and entered the starting line-up as a lucky loser, where he managed to beat Giovanni Mpeschi Perricar, Alexander Bublik and Clément Tabour.
From Monday, Vitaliy will return to the top-200, rising to the 163rd position in the ATP rating.