ATP Cologne: French Open round of 16 Daniel Atmaier receives wildcard
Daniel Altmaier is the big surprise at the current French Open in Paris and will be rewarded with a wildcard for the bett1HULKS Indoors from October 10th to 18th, 2020 in the LANXESS arena in Cologne.
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last edit: Oct 03, 2020, 03:00 pm
After his three-set victory in Paris in round two against his compatriot Jan-Lennard Struff, the 22-year-old also defeated the current number 8 in the ATP ranking, Matteo Berrettini , in three sets with 6: 2, 7: 6 on Saturday , 6: 4 and reached the last sixteen.
Altmaier, who improved to 121st place in the ATP ranking thanks to his latest victory, will receive Andy Murray alongside the three-time Grand Slam tournament winnerthe second wildcard for the first of two consecutive ATP 250 tournaments in Cologne. Following the bett1HULKS Indoors, the bett1HULKS Championship (October 17 to 25, 2020 ) will take place at the same location.
Altmaier found out about his wildcard immediately after his success against Berrettini, live on Eurosport: Tournament director Barbara Rittner announced the good news.
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Under the patronage of Cologne's Mayor Henriette Reker, the bett1HULKS are not only celebrating their premiere in the cathedral city this year, but also a world premiere: never before in the history of ATP have two professional "back2back" tournaments been held at one venue.