ATP Challenger Vilnius: Rodionov on, Struff and Masur out
While Jurij Rodionov reached the second round at the ATP Challenger tournament in Vilnius, Jan-Lennard Struff and Daniel Masur are already eliminated.
by Robin Huiber
last edit: Feb 07, 2023, 05:20 pm
Rodionov, who was in Rijeka with the Austrian Davis Cup team at the weekend but did not play, started the tournament in Vilinius as number three. And had no problems in his first appearance against Michael Geerts. Rodionov won 6:3 and 6:2 and now plays against Zdenek Kolar. The Czech prevailed in round one against German qualifier Daniel Masur 7:6 (3) and 6:4.
Jan-Lennard Struff, who had to cancel his participation in the German international match against Switzerland last week in Trier due to injury, was also eliminated. Struff lost to Belarusian Egor Gerasimov 3: 6 and 4: 6.
The tableau in Vilinius is led by Swiss Dominic Stricker. With Dennis Novak another Austrian is represented. Novak starts against Alexander Ritschard from Switzerland.