ATP Challenger Tulln: Filip Misolic shocks number one of the tournament
The local hero Filip Misolic, equipped with a wildcard, caused a big surprise at the ATP Challenger tournament in Tulln with a first-round success over the top seeded Marco Cecchinato.
by Stefan Bergmann
last edit: Sep 07, 2021, 03:38 pm
The Austrian Filip Misolic achieved his biggest career victory to date at the ATP Challenger event in Tulln, Lower Austria: The current number 539 in the ATP rankings defeated number one in the highly endowed clay court event Marco Checchinato after 1:50 hours of playing time 7 on Tuesday afternoon : 6 (1), 2: 6, 6: 2. The Italian was already in 16th place in the men's world rankings in 2019 and has so far won three titles on the ATP World Tour in his career. In 2018, the 28-year-old from Palermo was also in the semi-finals of the French Open. The success of the 20-year-old Styrian cannot be rated highly enough.
Sebastian Ofner is also in the round of 16. The 25-year-old from Bruck an der Mur had a hard fight in the 6: 3, -5: 7, -7: 6 (5) success over the qualifier Benjamin Hassan, and even had one with the score of 5: 6 in the third round Fend off the German's match point. While Ofner faces French Hugo Gaston in the round of 16, who in turn defeated Austrian qualifier Neil Oberleitner 7: 6 (5), 6: 2, Misolic meets Czech Jonas Forejtek in the round of 16, who won the Qualifier Matteo Martineau (France) withdrew from the competition.
From an Austrian point of view, Gerald Melzer and Dennis Novak are still on duty today.