ATP: Daniel Altmaier - the top 100 are already in sight
With his entry into the final at the ATP Challenger tournament in Lüdenscheid, Daniel Altmaier has reached a new career high in the ATP world rankings. The final today will be against Nicolas Jarry from 12 noon.
by tennisnet.com
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Aug 22, 2021, 08:11 am
The man of the hour in German tennis? Certainly Alexander Zverev , who after his Olympic victory in Tokyo has now also shown big in Cincinnati. But then Daniel Altmaier has to be mentioned, who plays a very strong summer. The 22-year-old's successful run began at the ATP Challenger tournament in Braunschweig, which Altmaier won without losing a set. In Umag he reached the semifinals of the 250cc there as well as a week later at the Generali Open in Kitzbühel.
Today, Sunday, Altmaier now has the chance in Lüdenscheid to get even closer to the top 100. He is currently at position 122 in the ATP charts, a new career high on Monday with position 114 is already fixed after the semi-final success against Juan Manuel Cerundolo on Saturday, should Altmaier win the final against Nicolas Jarry, he would already be in position 105.
Altmaier overtakes Kohlschreiber
And thus in regions in which one could almost plan with a main field place at the Grand Slam tournaments. In one of the four majors, Daniel Altmaier caused a sensation for the first time last year: In autumn 2020 in Paris, after qualifying with victories against Feliciano Lopez, Jan-Lennard Struff and Matteo Berrettini, he reached the round of 16, where he finally got Pablo Carreno Busta was subject.
With his success in Lüdenscheid, Altmaier, who is trained by the Argentine Francisco Yunis, has already overtaken experienced Philipp Kohlschreiber in the world rankings. And is behind Alexander Zverev, Jan-Lennard Struff and Dominik Koepfer the new German number four.