ATP Challenger: maggots shortly before the premiere title
Yannick Maden is facing his first tournament victory at the ATP Challenger 80 tournament in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. In the hard court tournament, which was endowed with 54,160 US dollars, the Stuttgart won the semi-final against the Czech Tomas Machac.
by Robert M. Frank
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Oct 05, 2019, 10:07 pm
Yannick Maden (ATP 130) can crown his strong appearances at the ATP Challenger 80 tournament in Nur-Sultan on Sunday with his first tournament victory. The 29-year-old from Stuttgart benefited in the semifinals from a task from his opponent Tomas Machac (ATP 365). At the 4: 1 score for maggots, the 18-year-old Czech had to give up. Maden is now in its seventh Challenger final and has the opportunity to leave the place as the winner for the first time. In its first six attempts, the current German number six lost the final matches.
In the final, an outsider is waiting on Sunday (8 a.m.CEST) with Ilya Marchenko (ATP 378). The 31-year-old Ukrainian prevailed in his semi-final match against Ruben Bemelmans (ATP 225) 1-6, 7: 6 (5), 6: 4. With a final victory, the right-hander from Baden-Württemberg can return to his personal best position (ATP 96) in the direction of the Top 100 in the ATP world rankings.
At the ATP Challenger 80 tournament in Barcelona, the final of the Slovaks Jozef Kovalik (ATP 208) and the Italian Salvatore Caruso (ATP 110) contest, in the Brazilian Campinas Sumit Nagal (ATP 135) reached the final. The Indian's final opponent will be determined in the semi-finals during the night to Sunday between Juan Pablo Varillas (ATP 332) from Peru and the Argentine Federico Coria (ATP 154).