Daniel Altmaier’s unfortunate series simply never ends.
The tennis professional from Kempen also lost his seventh match in 2026 and failed again in the first round of an ATP tournament.
At the Masters in Indian Wells, the 27-year-old had to give up against the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic, who had also recently beaten top player Alexander Zverev in Acapulco, when the score was 3:6, 0:1. Altmaier was initially unable to detect a more serious injury.
Last season, Altmaier made it into the top 50 in the world and actually wanted to climb further. But due to poor performance, the German number two fell out of the top 50 from 44th place.
Indian Wells is the first Masters of the year and therefore the second most important tournament of the season so far after the Australian Open. Melbourne semi-finalist Zverev will not start the tournament until Friday at the earliest after a bye in the first round.
