Georg Winkler missed a sensation in Santa Margherita di Pula

Winkler only made it into the main field in Santa Margherita di Pula as a lucky loser. On Tuesday he caused a sensation in the first round when he knocked the number 7 seed and 472 in the world, Alvaro Lopez San Martin, out of the competition in three sets. On Wednesday, Winkler narrowly missed another surprise. Against the 27-year-old Giner he kept the match very even until 5:5 in the first set. The Spaniard then took serve from the Pusterer to make it 6:5, fended off a break point from Winkler in the twelfth game and won the game with 7:5 points. The Völser then dominated the second set and won 6:2. In the third, decisive part of the game, Giner first managed the break to 3:1 and then to 5:2. The game was decided, Giner ultimately won 6:2.

Vigani moves into the round of 16 in Sharm El Sheikh

Joy Vigani (ATP 1189), however, prevailed in the first round of the $15.000 tournament in Sharm El Sheikh against the American qualifier Josh Silverstein after 2:13 hours of play with 2:6, 6:2, 6:3. The 22-year-old from Brixen slept through the first set, but then got into the game better and made it to the round of 10, where he will meet number 2 in the tournament, the Austrian Alexander Erler (ATP 424), on Thursday at 2 a.m. After that he also has to play the double quarter-finals. Here too he meets the number XNUMX of the tournament with the Spaniard Jose Fco Vidal Azorin, the Russians Shalva Dzhanashiya/Alexander Igoshin.

Sinner continues in doubles in Monastir

Jannik Sinner (ATP 785) only played in doubles at the $15.000 tournament in Monastir. The 17-year-old from Sesto and his partner Nicolò Inserra narrowly defeated the Serbian Tadija Radovanovic and the Australian Stefan Skadarka 7:6(1), 7:5. The “Azzurri” pulled away to 5:3 in the first set, but then conceded the break to make it 5:5. She then prevailed 7-1 in the tiebreak. In the second half of the game, however, Radovanovic/Skadarka led 5:3, but Sinner/Inserra then scored four points in a row and used their first match point after 1:22 hours to make the final score 7:5. In the quarterfinals, Sinner/Inserra will meet number 3 seeds Alexis Klegou (BEN)/Skander Mansouri (TUN) on Thursday. Sinner has already eliminated Mansouri in the singles, and on Thursday at 10.30 a.m. CEST he will face the Austrian David Pichler (ATP 812) in the round of XNUMX.

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Georg Winkler missed a sensation in Santa Margherita di Pula

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