Five-sentence crime thriller without a happy ending: Seppi is out

Seppi (ATP 35) lost to the youngster (ATP 39) 7:6, 3:6, 6:4, 4:6, 3:6 and therefore missed out on the round of 14 at the Australian Open for the third time in a row to move in. Bitter because Seppi took the lead twice - but in the end the American, XNUMX years his junior, was better.

The Kalterer had never played against Tiafoe in his career. The 20-year-old US boy already proved that he has a lot in the second round when he won against Kevin Anderson (number 6 in the world) in four sets.

Match point after 3 hours and 17 minutes So Seppi was warned, but played his routine in the first set and won the tiebreak 7:6. In the following section, the Kalterer had his serve taken when the score was 2:3, paving the way for the American to win the set (6:3). Seppi took immediate revenge, immediately took advantage of a break chance in the third period and won 6:4.

Reaching the round of 5 seemed within reach for Seppi. The crux of the game came in the fourth set: Tiafoe was in the lead 4:3 and allowed three break chances for Seppi on her own serve. However, the Kalterer man was unable to capitalize on this, lost the set and no longer had any strength reserves in the fifth and final section to be able to stand up to the young American. After 17 hours and 6 minutes, Tiafoe finally converted the match point to 3:XNUMX and threw Seppi out of the tournament. Australia was still worth it for the Kalter native For Seppi, the Australian adventure is over, as he is also in... Double has already been eliminated. The South Tyrolean will take 90 ATP points and a total of $118.500 in prize money from Melbourne ($111.000 for the third round in singles and $7500 for the first round defeat in doubles). This means he remains in the top 40 in the world and breaks the historic mark of $10 million in prize money. He is the 71st player to break this sound barrier. Novak Djokovic has earned the most so far with over $125 million, Roger Federer (120 million) and Rafael Nadal (103 million). In Italy, only Fabio Fognini ($11,5 million) earned more than Seppi. To the Davis Cup in Calcutta The Kalterer will now take a break for two weeks and will then play on grass against India in the Davis Cup in Calcutta (February 1st and 2nd). He will then play the indoor tournaments in Sofia (February 4th to 10th) and Rotterdam (February 11th to 17th) and, for the first time, the outdoor hard court tournament in Delray Beach in Florida (February 18th to 24th).

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Five-sentence crime thriller without a happy ending: Seppi is out

Nothing came of Andreas Seppi's entry into the round of 20 at the Australian Open: the Kalteren tennis ace had to admit defeat to XNUMX-year-old American Frances Tiafoe in a thrilling five-set thriller on Friday.

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