Challenger Val Gardena: The seeded Gombos and Fucsovics are eliminated

Italian Lorenzo Sonego eliminated No. 2 seed Norbert Gombos, world No. 81, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 after fending off four match points and playing an incredible game. Defending champion Stefano Napolitano also won the match against number 5 seed Marton Fucsovics (number 104 in the world) after a fightback 4:6, 6:4, 6:4 and qualified for the round of 4. Also in the round of XNUMX are number XNUMX seed Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Matteo Donati from Italy.

Sonego was initially fighting a losing battle. Gombos was already leading 6:2, 5:2 and then had a total of four match points in the second set. But Sonego fended them all off and equalized the set after five games in a row. Gombos also had his chance in the third round. But when the Slovakian couldn't use three break points to make it 4-2, the match finally turned in favor of Sonego, who was able to celebrate after two hours.

The game between defending champion Napolitano and Fucsovics took a similar course. The Hungarian led 6:4, 4:1, then the game tipped over. After 1:47 hours, Napolitano celebrated his sixth consecutive victory in Val Gardena after his tournament victory last year. In the round of 17, Napolitano will face Matteo Donati, who overcame a 2:4 deficit in the third set against the 6-year-old Spaniard Nicola Kuhn and won 7:7, 6:6, 4:4. Number 6 seed Pierre-Hugues Herbert had a strong first appearance in Val Gardena, beating Laurynas Grigelis from Lithuania 3:6, 4:XNUMX.

Ciechi-Tröbingen eliminated Two double matches were also played in the evening. Val Gardena's Jonas-Ciechi-Erwin Tröbinger were eliminated against the number 4 seeded German-Austrian duo Alexander Satschko/Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 2:6, 5:7.

Sparkasse ATP Challenger Val Gardena/South Tyrol - 64.000 euros MAIN FIELD 1. round Marius Copil (ROU/1/ATP 77) - Patrick Prader (ITA/Barbian/WC) Viktor Galovic (CRO/ATP 232) - Jeremy Jahn (GER/ATP 245) Tim Puetz (GER/Q/ATP 464) - Kevin Krawietz (GER/Q/ATP 366) Mathias Bourgue (FRA/ATP 153) - Sebastian Ofner (AUT/8/ATP 141) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA/4/ATP 88) - Laurynas Grigelis (LTU/ATP 254) 6:3, 6:4 Kenny De Schepper (FRA/ATP 158) - Ricardas Berankis (LTU/ATP 163) Igor Sijsling (NED/PR/ATP 678) - Marc Sieber (GER/Q/ATP 396) Edan Leshem (ISR/LL/ATP 298) - Dustin Brown (GER/6/ATP 121) Stefano Napolitano (ITA/ATP 167) - Marton Fucsovics (HUN/5/ATP 105) 4:6, 6:4, 6:4 Matteo Donati (ITA/WC/ATP 346) - Nicola Kuhn (ESP/ATP 228) 6:7(4), 7:6(3), 6:4 Salvatore Caruso (ITA/ATP 178) - Pedro Martinez (ESP/ATP 261) Jerzy Janowicz (POL/ATP 145) - Andreas Seppi (ITA/Kaltern/3/ATP 86) Oscar Otte (GER/7/ATP 133) - Federico Gaio (ITA/WC/ATP 279) Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP/ATP 311) - Stephane Robert (FRA/ATP 223) Matteo Viola (ITA/Q/ATP 281) - Tristan Lamasine (FRA/ATP 332) Lorenzo Sonego (ITA/WC/ATP 435) - Norbert Gombos (SVK/2/ATP 80) 2:6, 7:5, 6:4

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Challenger Val Gardena: The seeded Gombos and Fucsovics are eliminated

The first matches in the main draw took place at the Sparkasse ATP Challenger Val Gardena South Tyrol on Monday afternoon. There were two big surprises.

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