Andreas Seppi inflicts bitter home defeat on Tommy Haas

The third meeting on grass between Seppi and Haas worked in favor of the South Tyrolean, who repeated his victory from 2011 in Halle and at the same time ended his series of defeats in direct duels that had lasted three meetings.

Seppi got into the game well from the start and repeatedly forced Haas into long rallies. The veteran from Germany, who had been injured for a long time, quickly began to feel tired. In the fifth game, Seppi took his rival's serve for the first time, but Haas equalized a little later with a re-break to make it 4:4. Two games later, Seppi scored again from the opposing team. Now he didn't miss the chance to win the set.

Seppi confidently in the second set In the second round, Haas's defense was suddenly broken. With two breaks, Seppi moved to 5:2 before the local hero once again fought against the impending defeat. However, the 31-year-old Überetscher fended off two break points and finally converted the second match point to make it 6-2.

"Tommy (Haas, editor's note) was certainly not in top form today, but nevertheless he demanded everything from me. My goal was to be wide awake when the opponent served and to return well. I managed to do that," said Seppi after the game Game.

The next opponent: Tommy Robredo In the second round on Thursday, the Spaniard Tommy Robredo, who won today in the tiebreak of the third set against the qualifier Ricardas Berankis, is waiting for Seppi. "Now it's time to fill up the energy reserves. Because of my hip problems, I have to work a lot with my physiotherapist. At the moment I just have to approach things very carefully, especially on grass," concluded the South Tyrolean.

Failed to qualify in doubles

Seppi also qualified for the doubles in Halle with the Austrian Philipp Oswald, but was eliminated in the first round against Lukas Rosol/Sergiy Stakhovsky (CZE/UKR) 6:7(5) and 3:6.

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Andreas Seppi inflicts bitter home defeat on Tommy Haas

The tennis player from Kaltern won his opening match at the ATP 500 tournament in Halle. He defeated local hero and crowd favorite Tommy Haas 7:5 and 6:2.

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