Generali Austrian Pro Series: Novak, Ofner and Rodionov have to stretch against the youngsters
Dennis Novak , Sebastian Ofner and Jurij Rodionov took victories on Whit Monday at the Generali Austrian Pro Series - but all had to stretch.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Jun 01, 2020, 08:48 pm
In the morning there were two very confident games: Alex Erler won 6: 4, 7: 6 (4) against Sam Weissborn (who still made up a double break in the second round) and celebrated his first win in group C. Afterwards won Phillip Oswald against Max Neuchrist with 6: 4, 6: 2, so he got his first victory in group D.
After that, the AT trio was behind Dominic Thiem - and sometimes had to do hard work. Youngster Lukas Neumayer showed a great performance against Austria's number 2, Dennis Novak (ATP No. 85). The 17-year-old even sniffed a sensation when he came to a break chance at 4: 4 in the third set, but could not use it. In return, Novak came up with match balls in Neumayer's next service game - three more of which fended off, and Novak made the fourth clear. After two three-set wins, he is number 1 in group C.
Rodionov is 1: 4 behind
20-year-old Moritz Thiem also fought respectably against Sebastian Ofner (ATP No. 163), number 3 in Austria. After a quick first round, Thiem was in the second with a break in front; In the end, Ofner won 6: 1, 7: 5 and is in group D first with two wins from two matches.
To the bitter end, Jurij Rodionov (ATP No. 166) and Sandro Kopp fight in their placement game for groups A and B. The 20-year-old Kopp, "only" number 801 in the world, has had strong tennis all week offered and even got a set against Dominic Thiem , it also looked very good against Rodionov for a long time, Kopp already led 4: 1 in the third round before Rodionov finally 1: 6, 6: 4 and 7: 6 (4) won and secured 3rd place between groups A and B.
To all results and group stands
The program on Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Play from 9 a.m .:
Alexander Erler (ATP No. 494) - Lukas Neumayer (ITF Juniors Ranking 47)
Sebastian Ofner (ATP No. 163) - Max Neuchrist (ATP No. 622)
Dennis Novak (ATP No. 85) - Sam Weissborn (ATP Double No. 108)
From 4 p.m .:
Dominic Thiem (ATP No. 3) - Jürgen Melzer (ATP Double No. 35) - Placement game for 1st place, here in the live ticker
Moritz Thiem (ATP No. 1426) - Phillip Oswald (ATP Double No. 40)
David Pichler (ATP No. 479) - Lenny Hampel (ATP No. 715) - Placement game for 5th place