ATP Chalenger Ismaning: Bachinger in the quarterfinals, also Otte
While Matthias Bachinger is already in the quarter-finals at the ATP Challenger tournament in Ismaning, Oscar Otte won a narrow victory against Robin Haase at the beginning.
by PM
last edit: Oct 28, 2021, 06:22 am
Local hero Matthias Bachinger (ATP 269) continues to inspire the Ismaning audience. After the Munich player had successfully played his way through the qualification and yesterday was able to win his opening match in the main draw against Altug Celikbilek (ATP 164) from Turkey, the 34-year-old secured a place in the quarter-finals today. After losing the first set in the tie-break, Alexander Satschko's protégé fought his way back and after exactly two hours won 6: 7, 6: 4 and 6: 2 without losing his own service.
Following the match, Bachinger commented: “ It was a very difficult match because he played very well on carpet and served well. I had my chances in the first set, but he fended them off well. In the following sentences I then improved and kept my high level until the end. I am very happy that I won the match. Fortunately, I have tomorrow free and can regenerate a little so that I can fully attack again on Friday. "
Otte masters the opening hurdle
In the first match on the center court, the 28-year-old Cologne-based Oscar Otte (ATP 135), who crowned his successful Grand Slam season with a round of 16 at the US Open, got it with the Dutch veteran Robin Haase (ATP 230) to do. After a very tight loss of a set in the tie-break, Otte, who was seeded fifth, turned the match around and prevailed after 1:52 hours with 27 aces beaten 6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 4. In the second round, Peter Moraing's protégé meets Giessen's qualifier Julian Lenz (ATP 314) in a purely German duel. Originally the match between the DTB players Mats Moraing (ATP 154) and Yannick Maden (ATP 291) was scheduled as the first game of the day. Due to problems in his left knee, the 29-year-old Moraing from Essen canceled his start shortly before the start of the match. Thus, the 31-year-old from Stuttgart is in the second round without a fight, where he will face the Czech qualifier Jonas Forejtek (ATP 310).
Squire is subject to Bemelmans
The 21-year-old Henri Squire (ATP 614) from Düsseldorf, who had reached three finals on the ITF World Tennis Tour in the past few weeks, faced a difficult task today. His opponent Ruben Bemelmans (ATP 221) has already won three Challenger titles on carpet in Germany in his career. The 33-year-old Belgian triumphed 6: 3 and 6: 4 in 56 minutes with a first serve won 84%.
All top 100 players eliminated
After the two top seeded players with the Australian Jordan Thompson (ATP 71) and Jiri Vesely (ATP 78) from the Czech Republic had already been eliminated, the number 3 of the tournament also got it today. In an exciting match, the Italian AndreasSeppi (ATP 98) lost after almost two hours of play against Kacper Zuk (ATP 163) from Poland 6: 4, 4: 6 and 6: 7. With the Slovak Lukas Lacko (ATP 212), after the defeats of Yannick Hanfmann (ATP 127) and Marc-Andrea Hüsler (ATP 189) from Switzerland, there is only one former winner of the Wolffkran Open in the competition. The 2019 champion defeated the No. 6 seeded Czech Tomas Machac (ATP 136) in an equally close match with 6: 7, 6: 4, 7: 6 after 2:17 hours. In the quarter-finals, the 33-year-old faces local hero Matthias Bachinger.