Seppi botched the start of the clay court season

The Kalterer lost on Monday against Lorenzo Sonego (ATP 103) in two sets 6:7 and 4:6. This meant that Seppi officially missed the start of the clay court season after he had already played doubles with Marco Cecchinato on Sunday has been eliminated.

Seppi, who had never played against Sonego before, lost to the strong-serving right-hander in 1:45 hours. The first set, in which both served well and didn't allow a single break point, went into a tie-break, which Seppi ultimately lost with 4:7 points. In the second round, Sonego managed a break when the score was 3:3. The 23-year-old from Turin subsequently stopped serving and moved into the second round.

For Seppi, his 13th participation in Monte Carlo ends in the first round. At the tournament in the principality, which is worth 5,59 million euros, the 35-year-old made it to the round of XNUMX twice.

Seppi and Sinner in Budapest next week For the Kalterer native, the defeat on Monday was a bitter one, which pushed him 15 places down in the ATP rankings (to 61st place). Seppi will play at the €524.340 Hungarian Open in Budapest next week. Last year he made it to the semi-finals in Hungary.

Jannik Sinner will also be playing in Budapest next weekend. The 17-year-old from Sexten received a wild card for qualification and can therefore compete in his first ATP tournament. For comparison: Seppi qualified for the first time at an ATP tournament in Rome in May 2002 at the age of 18 years and 2 months. Sinner is currently number 311 in the ATP world rankings and therefore the best U18 player in the ranking.

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Seppi botched the start of the clay court season

After the defeat in doubles on Sunday, Andreas Seppi was eliminated in the first round of the singles at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Monte Carlo.

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