ATP Challenger Tulln: Miedler, Erler eliminated, Oberleitner creates qualification
In the qualifying final, an additional Austrian secured his ticket for the main competition. Another had to say goodbye to this already. Tuesday promises tidbits in single and double.
by PM
last edit: Sep 06, 2021, 06:53 pm
22-year-old Neil Oberleitner from Vienna gave the ATP 100 tournament, which was held as an ÖTV event, a dream start to the week at TC Tulln. After yesterday's opening victory over the number 1 in the qualification, Rudi Molleker, the 1304th in the world beat the Argentinian Gonzalo Villanueva 7/5 6/2, who was in 437th place in the list, and thus qualified for the main competition. His conclusion: “That was good today, especially from the mental side. Actually, I didn't start very well and received a break early. Nevertheless, I stayed calm and focused and was able to pull off my offensive game that didn't give him any rhythm. "
Oberleitner starts the main competition on Tuesday in the second match after the start of the game at 10 a.m. on Court 2 against the number 8 seeded French Hugo Gaston (20, ATP No. 127). This is remembered by tennis fans as the young man who put Dominic Thiem in dire straits last year in Roland Garros with his serial stop balls. Alexander Erler , the second Austrian in the qualifying final, was defeated by the Czech veteran Lukas Rosol 4/6, 7/5, 1: 6.
The highlight, especially from Tulln's point of view, should actually be the first round encounter between local hero Lucas Miedler (25, ATP No. 315) against the German Mats Moraing (29, ATP No. 242). The duel between the friends turned out to be more one-sided than expected in front of a great backdrop. The Lower Austrian had to oppose the impressive service of the 1.98 m man from Mühlheim an der Ruhr, especially in sentence two, only selectively, a break by Mats Moraing at 4: 1 followed by another, sovereign serve game the ultimately clear 6; 2, 6: 1.
Miedler and Erler in doubles
Lucas Miedler's full concentration is now on the double competition, in which he and his Tyrolean partner Alex Erler will start in the third match after 10 a.m. against the Germans Hassan / Härtis on Tuesday.
Styrian Sebastian Ofner will kick off the Center Court against qualifier Benjamin Hassan, then Lukas Neumayer , who has been 19 today, will face number 2 from Tulln, Jiri Vesely . Gerald Melzer will play the third game on Center Court against Brazil's Felipe Meligeni, and Dennis Novak will not start before 16.30 against the Belarusian qualifier Uladzimir Ignatik in the Lower Austrian Open powered by EVN .
On Court 1, the number 1 of the tournament, the Italian Marco Cecchinato , intervenes in the second match after 10:00 a.m. Against the world rankings 81. and Paris semi-finalists from 2018, the Austrian wildcard player Filip Misolic (20, ATP No. 539) has the chance to try out a very special kind of talent.