The tennis tournament in Stuttgart has ended for Yannick Hanfmann. The Karlsruher had to surrender to the Hungary Marton Fucsovics. Justin Engel caused a sensation for this.
Yannick Hanfmann was the first German tennis professional at the ATP tournament in Stuttgart. The 33-year-old from Karlsruhe missed his lawn start despite a good start and lost to Hungary Marton Fucsovics 5: 7, 4: 6.
Hanfmann was already opening up to the set win
At the beginning, it looked like Hanfmann was dominated by the duel between two qualifiers. However, the 33-year-old showed the first weakness with his own serve when he opened 5: 3 for the set win. Hanfmann lost two of his own service games and the first set.
Early Break by Fucsovics in set two
Fucsovics was also better in the game in the second round and breaks the German early on. Hanfmann lacked the rhythm from the beginning, the Karlsruher could no longer avert the defeat. The world ranking 135. It has to continue to wait for his first victory in the main field of an ATP tournament since mid-April.
Zverev on the training ground
Top lip of the tournament at 751,630 euros on the Weissenhof is the world number third Alexander Zverev from Hamburg. Thanks to a freewheel in the first round, the German still has time to adjust to the game on lawn after his French open-end in the quarter-finals. Only on Thursday Zverev starts against or Corentin Moutet from France. The 26-year-old, noted in the world rankings 88 positions behind the top seeded Tokyo Olympic champion Zverev, won his opening match against the Italian veteran Fabio Fognini 6: 4, 6: 7), 6: 3.
Struff in the round of 16 – angel is spectacular
Jan-Lennard Struff had made the jump to the round of 16 in two sets on Monday with a first round win against the Italian Matteo Arnaldi. Like Struff, top talent Justin Engel with a wildcard in Stuttgart is also at the start.
The young Nuremberg succeeded in the first round against the Australian James Duckworth on Tuesday afternoon: after the loss of the first sentence, the 17-year-old talent turned the match and secured sentence two. In the final round, the German and the Australian fought a high -class duel. After two missed match balls from Justin Engel, Duckworth saved himself in the tiebreak. After 2:30 hours, Justin Engel used his third match ball and won 4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 (7: 5). Engel had caused a sensation in Hamburg for the first time when he prevailed against the German veteran Struff. In Stuttgart, he also competes with him in doubles.
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