2023-07-10 21:05:21
Maximilian Neuchrist, on the other hand, is out at the ATP Challenger on the 1st STC in the Salzburg Volksgarten.
It’s easier to play with confidence. Only on Sunday had Lukas Neumayer defended his success in the national title fights at the win2day ÖTV state championships in Oberpullendorf as the first (and sovereign) since all-time great Thomas Muster in 1984/85. Just one day later, the 20-year-old has now transferred his excellent form to the international level: The man from Salzburg was the first Austrian to reach the round of 16 in his ATP 125 clay court home challenger, the Sparkasse Salzburg Open. Neumayer (ATP 269), equipped with one of the three main competition wildcards, beat the Indian Sumit Nagal (ATP 225) in the first round late Monday followingnoon following 1:58 hours of play 6: 4, 7: 6 (3). The next opponent is expected to be the seventh seeded Argentinian Facundo Bagnis (ATP 126) on Wednesdays, who defeated Maximilian Neuchrist (ATP 187) following a 3:06 hour marathon 6: 4, 6: 7 (4), 7: 5.
However, Neil Oberleitner was not able to finish his opening match. The encounter between the Viennese (ATP 549), who had a wild card, and the Czech alternate Vit Kopriva (ATP 257) had to be stopped due to darkness when the score was 7:6 (6), 0:4. The Austrian contingent in the main field has increased even more through the qualification. Eleven-ranked Sandro Kopp (ATP 453) also played his way through the second and final round of the preliminary round with an amazingly clear 6:0, 6:2 over the second-placed Italian Lorenzo Giustino (ATP 258). In the 32 main grid, the Tyrolean was now assigned his eighth-seeded compatriot Filip Misolic (ATP 141) as an opponent.
Austrian big fight day on Tuesday
On Tuesday at the 1st STC a real big Austrian fight day is imminent. Sixth-placed Jurij Rodionov (ATP 118) opens on center court at 11:00 a.m. once morest Norwegian qualifier Viktor Durasovic (ATP 343). Then, but not before 12:30 p.m., Oberleitner’s match will be finished. Then follows the red-white-red duel between Kopp and Misolic. Dennis Novak (ATP 159) does not have to deal with Slovakian Lukas Klein (ATP 152) before 3:00 p.m. And not before 5:30 p.m. does third seeded Sebastian Ofner (ATP 72) open once morest Argentinian Andrea Collarini (ATP 195). ÖTV TV broadcasts all games live from the center court www.oetv.tv. In addition, ORF SPORT+ starts live reporting from 5:30 p.m.
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