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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Ricardas Berankis: Male Breakout Player for the Australian Open 2013

Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis, currently ranked #110 in the world, was a former top 80 player two years ago.  He won his first round match today against Sergiy Stakhovsky of the Ukraine, ranked #102 in the world, 62 76(4) 75.  

In the second round, he routed seeded German player Florian Mayer, 62 63 61.

He repeats his third round appearance in 2011, this time, he lost to Andy Murray, 36 46 57.

In this year's Australian Open, he wins the Male Breakout Player being the lowest-ranked player who made it through to the third round.




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