ATP Challenger: Only Gojowczyk and Hanfmann still in the race
The field of participants from Germany, Austria and Switzerland thinned out in the ATP-80-Challenger in Eckental to the quarterfinals. Only the Munich Peter Gojowczyk is in midfielder in the round of the last eight. Yannick Hanfmann is still part of the ATP-80 Cgallenger in Ecuador. Sebastian Ofner and Henri Laaksonen were eliminated.
by Robert M. Frank
last edit: Oct 31, 2019, 08:58 pm
If eight players from German-speaking countries were in the running in Eckental on Tuesday , there is only one athlete left with Peter Gojowczyk (ATP 118). The 30-year-old prevailed in the 46,600 euro endowed indoor tournament on carpet against the Styrian Sebastian Ofner (ATP 164) with 6: 1, 6: 4. In the duel of the two Bundesliga players of the TC Großhesselohe Munich caught the better start, took the 23-year-old Styrian twice from the serve and decided the first set clearly for themselves. In the second round, everything remained in the series until the Bayer moved away from the field after a break and won 6: 4.
Gojowczyk faces 25-year-old Russian Evgeny Karlovskiy (ATP 263) in the last eight, defeating Emil Ruusuvuori (ATP 148) 4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4 in the second round.
Laaksonen and Otte out - Hanfmann in Ecuador in the second round
Henri Laaksonen (ATP 105) also landed in the quarter-finals. The 27-year-old from Glattpark lost to Botic van de Zandschulp (ATP 211) with 6: 7 (3), 6: 4, 6: 7 (2). Also not successful was the Cologne Oscar Otte (ATP 161). The 26-year-old narrowly lost to South African Lloyd George Harris (ATP 103) with 6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 7 (3).
In the other four Challenger tournaments this week in Shenzhen (China), Charlottesville (USA), Guayaquil (Ecuador) and Playford (Australia) is with Yannick Hanfmann (ATP 183) only one player from Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the Run. The Oberhachinger tennis professional meets in Ecuador in the night on Friday in the second round on the Spaniard Jaume Munar (ATP 98).