Already over: Seppi loses Atlanta opener

Seppi and Fratangelo started with concentration in the great heat in Atlanta and initially didn't show any weakness. Although the South Tyrolean got his first break point when the score was 1-1, he was unable to convert it. After that, the servers dominated, although this was due on the one hand to the strong service performance of the two opponents, but on the other hand also to the many mistakes made by the return player. That's why everything pointed to a tiebreak. But this didn't happen because he was ranked 190 in the world rankings. scored some nice points, and Seppi had to use his second serve too often in the final phase of the set – 7:5. The few spectators in the stands saw the same picture in the second half: long rallies were almost completely absent, both played their service games relatively easily. In the middle of the second set, Seppi already had 13 aces to his name, which inevitably made holding serve easier. Because Fratagangelo was the better player in the rallies in this phase of the match. He developed a lot of pressure with his forehand and pushed Seppi onto the defensive. For his part, the South Tyrolean took the initiative too rarely to endanger Fratangelo in his service games. Seppi puts everything into it One thing, however, could not be denied to Seppi: he fought bravely, resisted - and when the score was 3:4 he fended off a break point and two games later even a match point. But the decision was only postponed: Although Seppi destroyed another match point at 5:6, he had to admit defeat 5:7 in the following tiebreak. While qualifier Fratangelo was happy about his third ATP Tour victory of the season, Seppi was annoyed about his second first-round defeat in a row.

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Already over: Seppi loses Atlanta opener

Bjorn Fratangelo was Andreas Seppi's first opponent at the ATP 250 tournament in Atlanta. The American (ATP 190) had to go through qualification and is also the final stop for the Kalterer, who lost the opening match in two sets with 5:7 and 6:7.

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