Sparkasse Trophy: Prader surprises favorite Lestienne

Patrick Prader started early in the evening in front of full spectators like the fire brigade, played his service games easily and loosely and took Lestienne's serve twice after the 2:2. After just over half an hour it was 6:2. The same picture presented itself in the second sentence, only with the opposite sign. Lestienne improved, Prader became more prone to errors and, above all, the serve stopped coming. The logical consequence was 2:6.

Pure tension in the third movement The third set was not for the faint of heart. Just when Lestienne seemed to have taken control of the match, Patrick Prader made the break to make it 1-0. But Lestienne countered: 1:1. Prader immediately took Lestienne's serve a second time and, after fending off several break points, moved ahead to 3-1. At 30:0 from Prader's point of view, the preliminary decision could have been made if Lestienne had served. Prader hit a simple smash into the net. Instead of 0:40 it was 15:30 and Lestienne shortened the score to 2:3. Afterwards, Patrick Prader couldn't let the match be taken out of his hands. Both Prader and Lestienne carried their serves through to 5:4. Prader remained courageous, hit a service ace and gave himself three match points with two cracking forehands. On the first match point, Lestienne's forehand went out of bounds. Tomorrow, Wednesday, Prader will play at 17.30:805 p.m. against qualifier Pietro Rondoni (ATP 907), who today in the qualifier duel against the US semi-finalist Collin Altamirano (ATP 5) from Bolzano after a tough fight with 7:7, 5:6, 1:XNUMX won. Prader has a good chance of reaching the quarterfinals.

Favorites prevail Top favorite Thomas Fabbiano (ATP 200) and co-favorites Alessandro Giannessi (ATP 247), Michael Linzer (ATP 277) and Federico Gaio (ATP 297) also reached the second round on today's "Super Tuesday" in Rungg. Fabbiano had to fight hard against the 19-year-old Brazilian Marcelo Zormann (ATP 808), but ultimately managed his day shift in two sets. Zormann wasn't the only teenager who showed his talent in Rungg today. Several teenagers are already in the round of 17, namely Orlando Luz (18), Andrea Pellegrino (18), Francisco Bahamonde (19) and Nicolò Turchetti (26). Fabbiano is in the round of XNUMX at the age of XNUMX after Prader, the Methuselah of the Sparkassen Trophy. The two co-favorites Federico Gaio and Alessandro Giannessi, doubles partners and also training partners in Tirrenia, moved into the round of 1087 with consecutive wins in two sets. Gaio made short work of lucky loser Giorgio Portaluri (ATP 6) (2:6, 1:19) and "erased" his first round defeat against Patrick Prader last year. Giannessi had something to do against the 825-year-old Brazilian blonde Rafael Matos (ATP 4). Fight longer. After the 1:4 in the first set he lost the thread, Matos caught up to 4:7, and after Giannessi had won the first set 5:6, he called physiotherapist Paolo Cadamuro onto the court because of a muscle stiffness in his hip Afterwards he made short work of it (2:XNUMX).

Brazilian debacle The Brazilians experienced a debacle in Rungg today: Of the six Brazilians in the main draw, only junior Wimbledon champion Orlando Luz (ATP 566) and Bruno Sant'Anna (ATP 609) reached the round of 357. Luz threw the Spaniard Enrique Lopez-Perez (ATP 17) out of the competition in three sets, after Alexander Weis had put up a great fight in the qualification. The Brazilian is only 409 and a huge talent. Speaking of three sets: There were several three-set matches on the hot Rungger Tuesday afternoon, including the one between the Venezuelan Davis Cup player Ricardo Rodriguez-Pace (ATP 612) and Renzo Furlan's protégé Pietro Liccardi (ATP 692). Rodriguez had the better end for himself. Sant'Anna, on the other hand, defeated the Mexican birthday boy Lucas Gomez (ATP 6) 0:6, 4:20 - Gomez turns 485 today. Wilson Leite (ATP 637), Joao Menezes (ATP 808), Marcelo Zormann (ATP 825) and Rafael Matos (ATP XNUMX). The number two seeded Moroccan Lamine Ouahab (ATP 239) did not show up for the first round match today and will receive a $500 fine from the international tennis association. Lucky loser Andres-Gabriel Ciurletti (ATP 2129) took his place, but he had to admit defeat to Turchetti i in three sets.

Sparkassen Trophy Rungg - 15.000 dollars + hospitality - main field 1. round Thomas Fabbiano (ITA/ATP 200/1) - Marcelo Zorman (BRA/ATP 808/Q) 6:4, 6:3 Andrea Pellegrino (ITA/ATP 2069/WC) - Lorenzo Sonego (ITA/ATP 578) 7:5, 6:2 Francisco Bahamonde (ITA/ATP 663/WC) - Duje Kekez (CRO/ATP 422) 5:2 ret. Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT/ATP 389) - Arthur De Greef (BEL/ATP 311/6) 7:5, 3:6, 7:5 Michael Linzer (AUT/ATP 277/4) - Joao Menezes (BRA/ATP 637/Q) 6:7(5), 6:3, 6:1 Steven Diez (CAN/ATP 752/PR) - Victor Galovic (CRO/ATP 584) 6:7(4), 6:2, 7:6(5) Pietro Rondoni (ITA/ATP 895/Q) - Collin Altamirano (USA/ATP 907/Q) 5:7, 7:5, 6:1 Patrick Prader (ITA/ATP 1187/WC) - Costant Lestienne (FRA 334/7) 6:2, 2:6, 6:4 Federico Gaio (ITA/ATP 297/5/WC) - Adelchi Virgili (ITA/ATP 676) 6:2, 6:1 Bruno Sant'Anna (BRA/ATP 609) - Lucas Gomez (MEX/ATP 692/Q) 6:0, 6:4 Yannik Reuter (BEL/ATP 455) - Javier Marti (ESP/ATP 368) 6:3, 6:4 Alessandro Giannessi (ITA/ATP 247/3) - Rafael Matos (BRA/ATP 825/Q) 7:5, 6:1 Orlando Luz (BRA/ATP 566/JE) - Enrique Lopez-Perez (ESP/ATP 357/8/Q) 6:4, 2:6, 6:3 Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN/ATP 409) - Pietro Licciardi (ITA/ATP 612) 6:3, 6:7(5), 6:3 Maverick Banes (AUS/ATP 432) - Wilson Leite (BRA/ATP 485) 6:4, 6:1 Nicolò Turchetti (ITA/ATP 1721/Q) - Andres-Gabriel Ciurletti (ATP 2129/LL) 3:6, 7:6(4), 6:4 round of XNUMX Thomas Fabbiano (ITA/ATP 200/1) - Andrea Pellegrino (ITA/ATP 2069/WC) Francisco Bahamonde (ITA/ATP 663/WC) - Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT/ATP 389) Michael Linzer (AUT/ATP 277/4) - Steven Diez (CAN/ATP 752/PR) Pietro Rondoni (ITA/ATP 895/Q) - Patrick Prader (ITA/ATP 1187/WC) Federico Gaio (ITA/ATP 297/5/WC) - Bruno Sant'Anna (BRA/ATP 609) Yannik Reuter (BEL/ATP 455) - Alessandro Giannessi (ITA/ATP 247/3) Orlando Luz (BRA/ATP 566/JE) - Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN/ATP 409) Maverick Banes (AUS/ATP 432) - Nicolò Turchetti (ITA/ATP 1721/Q)

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