Next favorite failed: Stakhovsky was also eliminated in Val Gardena

The Ukrainian, who became known in the tennis world because he beat Roger Federer at Wimbledon last year, somewhat surprisingly had to defeat Mirza Basic from Bosnia-Herzegovina 6:3, 6:7(4) and 4: 6 beaten. For a long time it looked like an easy victory for the favorite. Stakhovsky led 6:3, 4:2 and had everything under control on Center Court with his game. But suddenly the thread broke. Basic didn't give up and fought for every point. He managed the break to 4:4, missed two set points at 5:4 and took the tier break 7:4 after a double fault from Stakhovsky. In the third set, Basic managed the decisive break to make it 4:3. Tomorrow in the quarter-finals he will face number seven seeded German Matthias Bachinger, who has not yet dropped a set in Val Gardena.

Germans Dustin Brown and Nils Lange in the quarterfinals

The favorite prevailed in the first game of the day. Number four seeded Dustin Brown from Germany defeated qualifier Antonio Sancic from Croatia, whose winning streak in Ortisei came to an end after four wins. Brown needed less than an hour to win 6:3, 7:6(4). On the way to the quarterfinals, the world number 88 served a total of 22 aces (15 today alone). Tomorrow Brown will face eighth seed Austin Krajicek of the USA in the fight for a place in the semi-finals. Brown's compatriot, Nils Langer, is also in the quarter-finals. The 24-year-old German defeated the Spaniard Enrique Lopez-Perez in 1:38 hours 6:4, 7:6(6) and celebrated his fifth victory in Ortisei, as he also had to contest the qualification. Langer was 2:5 behind in the tiebreak of the second set, but was then able to use his second match point to make the final score 8:6. In the quarterfinals, Langer waited for the winner of the match between defending champion Andreas Seppi and Louk Sorensen from Ireland. (Game starts at 18 p.m.)

ATP Challenger Val Gardena South Tyrol - Ortisei (64.000 euros) round of XNUMX Andreas Seppi (ITA/1/ATP 44) - Louk Sorensen (IRL/ATP 206) Nils Langer (GER/Q/ATP 274) - Enrique Lopez-Perez (ESP/ATP 211) 6:4, 7:6(6) Alsan Karatsev (RUS/ATP 243) - Simone Bolelli (ITA/3/ATP 63) 6:4, 6:3 Tim Puetz (GER/ATP 191) - Jan Hernych (CZE/Q/ATP 255) Austin Krajicek (USA/8/ATP 158) - Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO/ATP 213) 7:6(5), 3:6, 6:3 Dustin Brown (GER/4/ATP 88) - Antonio Sancic (CRO/Q/ATP 632) 6:3, 7:6(4) Matthias Bachinger (GER/7/ATP 157) - Jan Mertl (CZE/ATP 229) 6:3, 7:6(4) Mirza Basic (BIH/ATP 304) - Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR/2/ATP 59) 3:6, 7:6(4), 6:4

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Next favorite failed: Stakhovsky was also eliminated in Val Gardena

Yesterday Simone Bolelli, today Sergiy Stakhovski. At the Sparkasse ATP Challenger Val Gardena, after number three, number two was also eliminated from the tournament.

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