ATP Rotterdam: Jurij Rodionov surprises in the first qualifying round
Jurij Rodionov will play tomorrow for entry into the main draw of the ATP Tour 500 tournament in Rotterdam. The Austrian Davis Cup player beat Arthur Rinderknech 7:6 (3) and 6:1 at the start of the qualification.
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last edit: Feb 11, 2023, 04:59 pm
Rodionov's victory against the French Davis Cup champion was not necessarily to be expected: after all, Rinderknech was second in qualifying. But after winning the first set in the tie-break, Rodionov quickly made everything clear. And can now look forward to a duel with Aslan Karatsev for a place in the main draw in Rotterdam. That Karatsev, who had reached the semifinals at the Australian Open just over two years ago.
By the way, one of Rodionov's possible opponents in the main draw would be Alexander Zverev. The German starts as number eight in the heavily occupied 500 in the Netherlands. However, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the tournament favorite, followed by Andrey Rublev and last year's winner Félix Auger-Aliassime.