Mackenzie McDonald and Francesco Passaro will face each other in the round of 16 of the 2022 ATP Firenze Open October 13.
In the first round of ATP Florence, Mackenzie McDonald defeated fellow countryman Jenson Brooksby 6-4 4-6 6-1 after losing to him in the early rounds of ATP Atlanta and San Diego in the second half of 2022. Since the start of the 2021 season, the American has had a terrible time performing well in the second round of tour-level competitions. This week, he will try again in the Italian indoor tournament. In 2021, he lost ten of his twelve second-round matches, and this year he is 4-13.
Francesco Passaro, a wildcard entry, had a significantly easier first-round test this week with to the withdrawal of former world #7 David Goffin, and he took advantage of it by defeating the hot-shot Zhizhen Zhang in two tiebreakers, 7-6 7-6. The brilliant Italian beat the Chinese fortunate loser, giving him his 50th victory of the year. Over the past ten months, he has excelled at a variety of levels and ascended approximately 400 spots in the ATP rankings for 2022.
Mackenzie McDonald and Francesco Passaro are scheduled to face each other in the second round of the 2022 ATP Firenze Open on Thursday, October 13. The tournament is scheduled to begin on October 10 and end on October 16.
The ATP Firenze Open 2022 will have five rounds of action excluding the qualifiers. These are the round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. The competition’s main draw is set to commence on October 10, 2022 and conclude on October 16, 2022.
Date | Competition Stage |
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October 10 | Round of 32 |
October 11 | Round of 32 |
October 12 | Round of 16 |
October 13 | Round of 16/Quarter-finals |
October 14 | Quarter-finals |
October 15 | Semi-finals |
October 16 | Final |
Player | Seed |
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Felix Auger-Aliassime | 1 |
Matteo Berrettini | 2 |
Lorenzo Musetti | 3 |
Maxime Cressy | 4 |
Aslan Karatsev | 5 |
Jenson Brooksby | 6 |
Alexander Bublik | 7 |
Brandon Nakashima | 8 |
The total prize money for the Firenze Open’s inaugural event is USD 612,000. The winner will get a check for USD 93,090 as well as 250 ranking points.
Round | ATP ranking points | Prize Money (USD) |
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Winner | 250 | 93,090 |
Runner-up | 150 | 54,300 |
Semi-finals | 90 | 31,925 |
Quarter-finals | 45 | 18,495 |
Round of 16 | 20 | 10,740 |
First round | 0 | 6,565 |
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