ATP Challenger Val Gardena: Andreas Seppi in the round of 16

But it wasn't an easy match for Seppi in front of numerous spectators on the Center Court in Ortisei. The Kalterer native, who is competing in Val Gardena for the third time in a row, had to fend off two breakballs right at the start to prevent a 0-2 false start. Donati took full risk and served strongly. Seppi then managed the first break to make it 3:2 and also took the serve from the 19-year-old to make it 6:3. In the second set, everything pointed to a tiebreak. But with four points in a row, Seppi finally got the important break in the twelfth game that decided the game. On Thursday at 18 p.m. Seppi will face Louk Sorensen in the round of 206. Seppi has never played against the number XNUMX in the world like he did against Donati.

Simone Bolelli also continued Simone Bolelli also won his opening power. Italy's current number three and 63 in the world prevailed in the Italian derby against Matteo Viola, number 189 in the world rankings, 62:6, 3:6 in 2 minutes after an evenly balanced match at the beginning. Bolelli had to fend off the first break point of the game, but after he managed the break to 5:3, he took the first set 6:3. After last week's semi-final at the Challenger in Geneva, the Italian Davis Cup player wants to continue his form in Val Gardena. In the second set, after 2-2, Bolelli played four games in a row and only gave up a single point in four service games on his own serve.

The number 6 Donsky was eliminated Before Bolelli, the number six seeded Russian Evgeny Donskoy, the first seed, was eliminated from the most important tennis tournament in South Tyrol. The world number 126 had to admit defeat to the Czech Jan Hernych 6:7 (3) and 2:6. Not entirely unexpected. After his three clear victories in qualifying, the 35-year-old Czech impressed again and showed that he feels very comfortable on the pitches in Ortisei. Donskoy led 3:1 in the tiebreak of the first period, with six points in a row the first set went to Hernych, who also led 3:2 with a break in the second when Donskoy called the physiotherapist onto the court because of back problems. After that, the Russian didn't play any more games. Qualifier Alessandro Petrone only managed two games against the Czech Jan Mertl, who impressed with a strong serve. After the 2:2, Petrone gave up ten games in a row and lost 2:6, 0:6. Andrea Arnaboldi, who lost in three sets to Mirza Basic in the last game of the evening, was also disappointed.

Patrick Prader fails in doubles Today a second South Tyrolean, Patrick Prader from Barbia, was in action in St. Ulrich. Prader, Federico Gaio, the American Austin Krajicek and James Cluskey from Ireland, number three on the seed list, had to admit defeat 6:4, 1:6, 6:10 after exactly one hour of play. This means that all local players failed in doubles in the starting round.

ATP Challenger Val Gardena South Tyrol - Ortisei (64.000 euros) 1st round singles Andreas Seppi (ITA/1/ATP 44) - Matteo Donati (ITA/WC/ATP 423) 6:3, 7:5 Louk Sorensen (IRL/ATP 206) - Aldin Setkic (BIH/ATP 222) 7:6(6), 6:4 Philipp Petzschner (GER/ATP 417)) - Nils Langer (GER/Q/ATP 274) Enrique Lopez-Perez (ESP/ATP 211) - Andreas Beck (GER/5/ATP 116) Simone Bolelli (ITA/3/ATP 63) - Matteo Viola (ITA/ATP 190) 6:3, 6:2 Alsan Karatsev (RUS/ATP 243) - Martin Fischer (AUT/ATP 204) 6:3, 6:2 Federico Gaio (ITA/WC/ATP 291) - Tim Puetz (GER/ATP 191) Jan Hernych (CZE/Q/ATP 255) - Evgeny Donskoy (RUS/6/ATP 126) 7:6(3), 6:2 Austin Krajicek (USA/8/ATP 158) - Roberto Marcora (ITA/ATP 226) 6:2, 6:4 Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO/ATP 213) - Daniel Brands (GER/ATP 317) 6:3, 6:3 Antonio Sancic (CRO/Q/ATP 632) - Sergei Bubka (UKR/ATP 1059) 6:3, 6:3 Matteo Berrettini (ITA/WC) - Dustin Brown (GER/4/ATP 88) Matthias Bachinger (GER/7/ATP 157) - Kimmer Coppejans (BEL/ATP 180) 6:1, 6:3 Jan Mertl (CZE/ATP 229) - Alessandro Petrone (ITA/Q/ATP 1110) 6:2, 6:0 Mirza Basic (BIH/ATP 304) - Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA/ATP 175) 3:6, 6:3, 6:4 Nikola Mektic (CRO/ATP 249) - Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR/ATP 59)

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