In a well-stocked Lotto Arena fully committed to his cause which is hosting for the 9th year the most important tennis tournament in Belgium which offers a prize pool of 690,135 euros, Bergs, 25, won his ticket for the round of 16 (2nd round ). The Limburger emerged in two tight sets 7-5 and 6-4 and 1 hour and 45 minutes of play.
Facing an opponent who has only won three of his eleven matches on hard court this year, Bergs immediately took the initiative, showing himself to be very offensive, going to the net. He signed an entry break. Diaz Acosta found his feet little by little from the back of the court. If he missed a ball from 2-2, the South American left-hander saved two balls from 4-1, did not take advantage of his opportunity to return to 3-3. He grabs the next one (4-4). Far from being discouraged, Zizou continued to attack whenever possible. He signed a second break before concluding the set with an ace (7-5).
Faced with a very good defender who found angles, Bergs was able to rely on an excellent serve to stay in contact with Diaz Acosta who was leading the race in the second set. At 4-4, the Belgian created three break points and converted the second (5-4). All that remained was to conclude what David Goffin’s runner-up did not fail to do in the ranking of Belgian players, with a spectacular setback.
The public could let out the “Zizou, Zizou”.
Another Argentinian, Sebastian Baez (ATP 27), 23 years old, 4th seed and bye in the first round, will be his opponent in the 2nd round.
Zizou Bergs is already playing his 6th tournament in Antwerp. He lost in the first round of qualifying in 2016 (Herbert), 2017 (Tsitsipas), 2018 (Auger-Aliassime) and 2023 (Droguet), and lost in the 1st round in 2021 (Harris) and the 2nd in 2020 ( Khachanov).
