Challenger Val Gardena: Strong Prader fails because of Arnaboldi

The 31-year-old Barbian, who slipped into the main field thanks to a wild card, had to narrowly admit defeat to lucky loser Andrea Arnaboldi in two sets, 1:11(6), 7:5, after 2:6 hours of play.

Prader went into the match against Arnaboldi as a complete underdog. After all, the Italian is in position 216 in the world rankings. But you didn't notice this difference at all in the first set. Prader played a strong game and put his compatriot under pressure from the start. The Barbian had to fend off two set points when the score was 5:6, but otherwise both players didn't have a single chance to break. Consequently, the first set went into a tiebreak, where Arnaboldi was only able to hold on 7:5. Prader was unable to recover from this shock. Suddenly the South Tyrolean seemed tired and was immediately behind 1:5. Shortly afterwards, Arnaboldi left no stone unturned and converted his fourth match point to make the final score 6-2.

Seppi plays on Thursday at 18 p.m

Matteo Donati from Alessandria caused the biggest surprise today. In the all-Italian duel against defending champion Stefano Napolitano, the 22-year-old prevailed in three sets in the round of 4 with 6:6, 4:7, 5:18. Donati will face the winner of the match between Andreas Seppi and Salvatore Caruso in the quarterfinals on Friday. This game will take place tomorrow, Thursday at 7 p.m. Also in the quarterfinals is the tournament's number 6, the German Oscar Otte, who eliminated the Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7:2(6), 1:6, 4:6 in the afternoon. Lorenzo Sonego, on the other hand, won the derby against the Italian Matteo Viola 4:6, 1:4 and the number 7 seeded Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert was able to hold his own against his compatriot Kenny De Schepper 6:5(6), 4:XNUMX .

On Wednesday evening, Dustin Brown became the last player to reach the round of 6. The German-Jamaican won against qualifier Edan Leshem from Israel 3:7, 5:XNUMX. In the round of XNUMX, Brown will face his compatriot Marc Sieber, who, like Leshem, survived qualifying.

Sparkasse ATP Challenger Val Gardena/South Tyrol - 64.000 euros

Men's singles, 1st round Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA/LL/ATP 216) - Patrick Prader (ITA/Barbian/WC) 7:6(5), 6:2 Viktor Galovic (CRO/ATP 232) - Jeremy Jahn (GER/ATP 245) 6:3, 3:6, 6:3 Tim Puetz (GER/Q/ATP 464) - Kevin Krawietz (GER/Q/ATP 366) 6:1, 6:1 Sebastian Ofner (AUT/8/ATP 141) - Mathias Bourgue (FRA/ATP 153) 1:6, 6:1, 6:3 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) 7:6(3), 6:4 Marc Sieber (GER/Q/ATP 396) - Igor Sijsling (NED/PR/ATP 678) 6:1, 6:4 Dustin Brown (GER/6/ATP 121) - Edan Leshem (ISR/LL/ATP 298) 6:3, 7:5 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) 6:3, 7:6(1) Andreas Seppi (ITA/Kaltern/3/ATP 86) - Jerzy Janowicz (POL/ATP 145) 6:2, 6:2 Oscar Otte (GER/7/ATP 133) - Federico Gaio (ITA/WC/ATP 279) 6:4, 4:6, 7:6(2) Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP/ATP 311) - Stephane Robert (FRA/ATP 223) 6:3, 6:0 Matteo Viola (ITA/Q/ATP 281) - Tristan Lamasine (FRA/ATP 332) 7:6(4), 5:7, 7:5 Lorenzo Sonego (ITA/WC/ATP 435) - Norbert Gombos (SVK/2/ATP 80) 2:6, 7:5, 6:4

Men's singles, round of 16 Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA/LL/ATP 216) - Viktor Galovic (CRO/ATP 232) Tim Puetz (GER/Q/ATP 464) - Sebastian Ofner (AUT/8/ATP 141) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA/4/ATP 88) - Kenny De Schepper (FRA/ATP 158) 7:6(5), 6:4 Marc Sieber (GER/Q/ATP 396) - Dustin Brown (GER/6/ATP 121) Matteo Donati (ITA/WC/ATP 346) - Stefano Napolitano (ITA/ATP 167) 4:6, 6:4, 7:5 Salvatore Caruso (ITA/ATP 178) - Andreas Seppi (ITA/Kaltern/3/ATP 86) Oscar Otte (GER/7/ATP 133) - Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP/ATP 311) 6:7(2), 6:1, 6:4 Lorenzo Sonego (ITA/WC/ATP 435) - Matteo Viola (ITA/Q/ATP 281) 6:4, 6:1

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Challenger Val Gardena: Strong Prader fails because of Arnaboldi

Patrick Prader was eliminated in the first round of the $64.000 “Sparkasse ATP Challenger Val Gardena Südtirol” in Ortisei on Wednesday evening.

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