After only 57 minutes, Otte clearly won 6:1 and 6:2 against Topo. The tournament had previously been suspended due to heavy rainfall. “We waited for hours,” said Otte in the Sky interview and joked: “I fell asleep three times”.
Topo without a chance against Otte
The number 62 in the world was not deterred by this, he marched through the first set. In the meantime it was already 5:0 for Cologne. Marko Topo was only able to win one game and so the first set went effortlessly to Otte. In the second set, too, the Serb found no means against the dominant Otte.
Otte follows Altmaier
The man from Cologne confidently made it into the round of 16, where he now meets the American Reilly Opelka, who is third. After Daniel Altmaier, Otte is the second German professional this year at the clay court event to clear his opening hurdle.
On Wednesday, German number one Alexander Zverev will intervene in the round of 16 against Danish teenager Holger Rune. In the first round, the top seeded player from Hamburg benefited from a bye.