Sparkasse Trophy: Weis misses out on sensation

This means that there is only one local hero in the main field of the best 32, namely the 29-year-old Barbian Patrick Prader (ATP 1187), to whom the organizers have given a wild card and who will meet the number 7 seeded Frenchman Lestienne in the first round. The 32 participants in the main field come from 13 nations and four continents - it couldn't be more international. The Brazilians are represented six times, all with promising talents - this year's Sparkassen Trophy could become a Brazilian festival. The main draw begins tomorrow, Monday. Admission is free throughout the week.

Winkler only lost to the Mexican Gomez in the third set The South Tyroleans performed admirably today – as they did yesterday. In the morning, 18-year-old Georg Winkler from the host TC Rungg was close to the big sensation against the Mexican Lucas Gomez (ATP 692). After his first round match was canceled yesterday when the score was 2:4 due to rain and postponed until today, Winkler appeared wide awake at 9.30:7 a.m. and turned the first set (5:2). Winkler lost the second set 6:3 and if Rungger had used one of his three break points in the third set when the score was 3:6, who knows how the match would have ended. But the favored Gomez pulled his head out of the loop and made the decisive break to 4:XNUMX. Giovanni Oradini from Trentino also had to make up for his first round match. He sold his skin dearly against Andres Gabriel Ciurletti (ATP 2129), fended off no fewer than eleven break points, but ultimately lost in two sets 6:7(4), 3:6. While Ciurletti had 14 break points during the match, Oradini had just one - and took advantage of it. Immediately after the opening ceremony with white sausages, the decisive qualifying round began at lunchtime - and immediately with two delicacies: 18-year-old Alexander Weis, who plays for TC Trento, competed against the number 1 in the qualification, the Spaniard Enrique Lopez-Perez (ATP 357), while 20-year-old David Kostner from Val Gardena had to compete on the next court against the junior Wimbledon winner Marcelo Zormann (ATP 808), who was a year younger.

Alexander Weiss missed out on being a sensation When Alexander Weis from Eppan returned to his former training grounds, he gave the highly favored Spaniard a three-hour fight, surprising not only the audience, but also his opponent. At first everything looked like Lopez-Perez would win. Although Weis played well, Lopez-Perez pulled away to 6:3, 4:1. Only Lopez-Perez knows what happened next: He scored two points in four games and was suddenly 4:5 behind. Lopez-Perez saved himself in the tie-break, but Weis won it 7-2 like a seasoned professional. In the third set the match remained on a knife edge until Lopez-Perez got the first break of the set at 3:3 in a hard-fought game. At 5:3, Weis fended off two match points, but at 5:4 Lopez-Perez served confidently. During the handshake, Weis received an appreciative pat on the shoulder from Lopez-Perez. David Kostner's match, who surprised yesterday with his win against Augusto Virgili (ATP 1747), was significantly shorter. Today Kostner was in a losing battle against the 19-year-old Brazilian Marcelo Zormann. Zormann has only lost two games in two qualifying rounds against Philipp Köll (6:0, 6:0) and David Kostner (6:0, 6:2) and has made an extremely strong impression so far. The 20-year-old Trentino player Gianluca Pecoraro also had to give up today against the 18-year-old Brazilian Joao Menezes (ATP 637) after throwing Luca Tomasetto (ATP 1621) out of the race yesterday. 2:6, 4:6 the clear final result.

The main round begins on Monday The main draw at the Sparkassen Trophy begins tomorrow, Monday - the program includes first round matches in both singles and doubles. There are several professionals competing in the singles who already have top 100 players on the hit list this year - absolute world-class tennis is guaranteed. The top favorite is Azzurro Thomas Fabbiano (ATP 200). But the Rungg finalist from 2011 Alessandro Giannessi (ATP 247), who has had a long break due to injury, was also confident at the opening ceremony today.

Sparkasse Trophy Rungg - $15.000 + Hospitality - Qualification 1. round Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP/ATP 357/1) - bye Alexander Weis (ITA) - Marco De Rossi (SMR) 6:4, 7:6(1) Joao Menezes (BRA/ATP 637/2) - bye Gianluca Pecoraro (ITA) - Luca Tomasetto (ITA/ATP 1621/10) 6.4, 7:6(4) Lucas Gomez (MEX/ATP 692/3) - Georg Winkler (ITA) 5:7, 6:2, 6:4 Antun Vidak (CRO/ATP 1621/11) - Stefano Battaglino (ITA) 6:4, 4:6, 6:1 Pietro Rondoni (ITA/ATP 805/4) - Francesco Salviato (ITA) 6:3, 6:1 Ettore Capello (ITA) - Filippo Mora (ITA/ATP 1984/14) 6:3, 6:2 Marcelo Zormann (BRA/ATP 808/5) - Philipp Köll (ITA) 6:0, 6:0 David Kostner (ITA) - Augusto Virgili (ITA/ATP 1747/13) 5.7, 6:4, 6:3 Rafael Matos (BRA/ATP 825/6) - Horst Rieder (ITA) 6:3, 6:2 Andres Gabriel Ciurletti (ITA/ATP 2129/15) - Giovanni Oradini (ITA) 7:6(4), 6:3 Collin Altamirano (USA/ATP 907/7) - Giovanni Fonio (ITA) 6:3, 6:4 Gianluca Di Nicola (ITA/ATP 1166/9) - Ludovico Scerrati (ITA) 6:1, 6:2 Giorgio Portaluri (ITA/ATP 1087/8) - Lorenzo Schmid (ITA) 6:3, 4:6, 6:1 Nicolò Turchetti (ITA/ATP 1721/12) - Alberto Bagarello (ITA) 6:4, 6:3 2. round Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP/ATP 357/1) – Alexander Weis (ITA) 6:3, 6:7(2), 6:4 Joao Menezes (BRA/ATP 637/2) – Gianluca Pecoraro (ITA) 6:2, 6:4 Lucas Gomez (MEX/ATP 692/3) - Antun Vidak (CRO/ATP 1621/11) 6:2, 7:6(14) Pietro Rondoni (ITA/ATP 805/4) - Ettore Capello (ITA) 6:0, 6:1 Marcelo Zormann (BRA/ATP 808/5) – David Kostner (ITA) 6:2, 6:0 Rafael Matos (BRA/ATP 825/6) - Andres Gabriel Ciurletti (ITA/ATP 2129/15) 6:1, 6:3 Collin Altamirano (USA/ATP 907/7) - Gianluca Di Nicola (ITA/ATP 1166/9) 6:2, 2:6, 7:6(3) Nicolò Turchetti (ITA/ATP 1721/12) - Giorgio Portaluri (ITA/ATP 1087/8) 2:6, 7:6(2), 6:2

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