No Andreas Seppi in Val Gardena

In order not to have any problems entering his adopted home of the USA, he decided to fly to the States this Saturday to spend the off-season in Boulder (Colorado), as he has always done in recent years. Seppi will also receive the hip infiltration in Colorado and, after a few weeks off, will begin preparing for the 2022 season at the end of November, which starts in Australia in January. “My hip isn't doing so well, but I would still have tried to play in Val Gardena. “But everyone advised us to fly to the USA before November 8th so as not to have any problems entering the country,” says Seppi. To explain: From November 8th, the USA will open its borders again, which is why double-vaccinated travelers will be allowed back into the country. “Of course we’re sorry that Andreas won’t be playing. We hope that he recovers well and will be there again next year,” said tournament director Ambros Hofer after the cancellation of the Kalterer native, who is married to Michela Bernardi from Val Gardena, which is why the Challenger in Ortisei was always a special competition for him . He won the tournament in 2013 and 2014. Alexander Weis is there The two wild cards in the main field of the Italian association go to Luca Nardi and Matteo Arnaldi. The 18-year-old Nardi comes from Pesaro and is currently ranked 437th in the world. After this week's first round defeat in Bergamo, he will try to do better in South Tyrol. Arnaldi is 20 years old, he comes from Sanremo and a few weeks ago achieved his best placement in the world rankings at number 359. The organizers' wild card in the main draw on Tuesday went to Alexander Weis (ATP 494), South Tyrol's number 3 in the World ranking behind Jannik Sinner and Andreas Seppi. The organizers awarded their wild card in the qualification to local hero Patric Prinoth. Erwin Tröbinger and Gabriel Moroder play in doubles thanks to a wild card. The Italian Tennis Federation has awarded its two wild cards in qualification to two 19-year-olds. Samuel Vincent Ruggeri (ATP 868), who was in the final of the $15.000 tournament in Wolkenstein just a week ago, and Marcello Serafini (ATP 932) will try to fight for a place in the main draw.

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No Andreas Seppi in Val Gardena

Andreas Seppi will not be playing at his “home tournament” this year. The 12th edition of the Sparkasse Challenger Val Gardena South Tyrol, which begins with qualification on Sunday, November 8th, will take place in 2021 without the 37-year-old Kalterer.

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