ATP Stockholm: Stebe stops Ymer's run
Cedric-Marcel Stebe stopped the run of 21-year-old Sweden Mikael Ymer in the second round of the ATP Tour 250 tournament in Stockholm. The Munich won against the local hero in the second round with 6: 0, 7: 6 (5).
by Robert M. Frank
last edit: Oct 17, 2019, 10:39 pm
The impressive run by Mikael Ymer (ATP 75) was stopped by Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (ATP 213) at the indoor hard-field tournament in Stockholm for the time being. In the first set, the former German Davis Cup player took the Swedish talent, the 2019 has a legendary run with four tournament champions on the Challenger tour , equal to all his three serve games and in turn brought his service through. At the end there was a clear 6: 0 for the left-hander.
The second set was then balanced, both sides made a break. In the tiebreak, the 29-year-old from Munich kept his upper hand with his routine and immediately won with the first scored match ball with 7: 5.
In the quarter-finals, Denis Shapovalov (ATP 34) has another strong talent on Stebe, this time from the NextGen extra class. The 20-year-old Canadian had defeated in the second round the same age Australian Alexei Popyrin (ATP 90) with 6: 4, 7: 6 (3).