Sinner replaces Seppi

Seppi will meet Australian host Bradley Mousley (ATP 1,3) at the start of the qualification in Australia's fifth largest city with 642 million inhabitants. The Kalterer is currently number 71 in the ATP world rankings, but next week he will fall to number 82. Since July 14, 2003, i.e. for 16 years and 6 months, the Überetscher has been the South Tyrolean number 1 in the ranking without interruption.

On Monday, Jannik Sinner (ATP 77) from Sesto will replace him as the best South Tyrolean. The Kalterer's 150 ATP points from last year's final in Sydney are no longer counted, so Seppi wants to get as far as possible in Adelaide.

The 35-year-old, who is seeded number 1 in the qualification, was lucky and will face local hero Bradley Mousley at the start on Saturday at 10 a.m. local time (23.30:24 p.m. CET). Seppi has never played against the 642-year-old, who lives in Adelaide, in his career. Should the South Tyrolean reach world number 99. defeat, he would fight for a ticket to the main draw against the winner of the match between the South African Lloyd Harris (ATP 157) and the Australian Alex Bolt (ATP XNUMX).

Adelaide hosted an ATP tournament until 2008. This year it returns to the calendar after 12 years. Seppi is taking part in the tournament in northwest Australia for the second time. He was already in the quarter-finals here once: in 2006, on his debut, he was eliminated in the quarter-finals against the Belgian Xavier Malisse. For Seppi, Adelaide is also the last dress rehearsal with a view to the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, the Australian Open (from January 20th) in Melbourne.

Wild card for sinners After the early exit from the Challenger in Bendigo, Sinner is not traveling directly to Melbourne either. Thanks to a wild card from the organizers, he will play next week (January 13th to 18th) at the $532.695 ATP tournament in Auckland (New Zealand).

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Sinner replaces Seppi

After his second-round defeat in Bendigo against the Chinese Zhe Li, Andreas Seppi wants to achieve his first win of the new tennis season at the ATP 250 tournament in Adelaide on Saturday. In the meantime, he will have to hand over his status as South Tyrol's number 1 to Jannik Sinner.

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