Marathon man Seppi: As won, so lost

Seppi was eliminated in the round of 250 of the ATP 35 tournament in Auckland on Wednesday morning. The 69-year-old from Kalter was defeated by world number 3, Briton Kyle Edmund, 6:6 and 7:4(XNUMX).

2 games within a few hours For Seppi, who had knocked number 7 seeded Frenchman Adrian Mannarino out of the competition just a few hours earlier in the first round, it was the fourth defeat in the fifth duel against Edmund. The Brit, 10 years his junior, who won the ITF tournament in Bolzano seven years ago, beat Seppi in Antwerp in 2016 and at the Australian Open and the Masters 1000 in Shanghai two years ago. The South Tyrolean, however, eliminated Edmund at the Masters 2018 in Monte Carlo in 1000.

Edmund got off to a better start. Although he missed three break chances in the second game, he then took the service from Seppi to make it 3-1. This break was enough for the world number 69 to secure the first set 6:3 shortly afterwards. Now the Australian Open awaits In the second half of the game, Seppi took the lead 4-1. But Edmund didn't give up and countered a little later with the rebreak to make it 3:4. In the eleventh game, the Kalterer player had to hand over his service to the British again, but then got the rebreak to make it 6:6. In the tiebreak, Überetscher was already leading 3-2, but Edmund won five of the next six points and narrowly prevailed 1-34 after 7:4 hours of play.

Seppi can console himself with $9.320 in prize money and 20 ATP points. The Kalterer is now traveling on to Melbourne, where the Australia Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, begins next Monday. Seppi, like Jannik Sinner from Pusteria, is right in the main field. The main draw will be drawn on Thursday morning.

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Marathon man Seppi: As won, so lost

Andreas Seppi had a real marathon day in Auckland. In the end he had to give up in New Zealand.

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