In Val Gardena all eyes are on the shooting star

The most important tennis tournament in South Tyrol (prize money 44.820 euros, 6190 for the winner) is taking place this year without the local stars Jannik Sinner and Andreas Seppi. Defending champion Sinner is hardly active on the Challenger Tour anymore celebrated his first victory on the ATP tour on Saturday in Sofia. After the disappointing last few weeks, Seppi ended his season at the end of October. That's why the eyes of Italian tennis fans are especially open Lorenzo Mustetti directed. The 18-year-old, already number 126 in the world rankings, is aiming for his second Challenger victory in Val Gardena after Forlì in October. Musetti is number 2 in the tournament, Quite a few experts see him as the next Jannik Sinner . The Italian will face Roberto Marcora in the first round in an interesting duel, against whom he lost 1:6, 3:3, 6:4 in the round of 6 at the Challenger in Parma last week. Only one South Tyrolean was there Federico Gaio is seeded at number 6 and will face a qualifier or lucky loser at the start. The other players from Italy are less lucky. Matteo Viola has to play against number 2 seed Ilya Ivaska from Belarus, number 112 in the world. Giulio Zeppieri also meets someone seeded: number 8 Martin Klizan from Slovakia. Luca Nardi, who is only 17 years old, will face Czech Tomas Machac, who will be in the final of the Challenger in Bratislava tomorrow, Sunday. The only South Tyrolean in the main field is Patric Prinoth from Val Gardena. The 24-year-old from St. Christina has to compete against Briton Jay Clarke, number 187 in the world rankings. Number 1 in Val Gardena is the Japanese Yasutaka Uchiyama (ATP number 102), who will play against the French Alexandre Muller at the start. Local hero Erwin Tröbinger, on the other hand, missed a surprise in qualifying. As expected, the 24-year-old from Wolkenstein lost to the Italian Andrea Pellegrino 1:4, 6:0 in the first round in Ortisei on Saturday afternoon.

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In Val Gardena all eyes are on the shooting star

The 11th edition of the Sparkasse Challenger Val Gardena South Tyrol begins on Monday. On Saturday afternoon, OC boss Ellis Kasslatter drew the main draw under the supervision of ATP supervisor Carmelo Di Dio.

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