Tennis professional Daniel Altmaier celebrated a much-needed sense of achievement at the ATP tournament in Bucharest. The 27-year-old from Kempen won his opening match against Spaniard Pedro Martinez 6:1, 6:4 and finally celebrated his first victory of the year on the tour.
Altmaier dominated the match at the beginning, took his opponent’s serve twice early on and converted his first set point after just 30 minutes. In the second round, a closer duel developed – with the better end for Altmaier, number six, who will meet Croatian Dino Prizmic in the round of 16 of the clay court tournament.
Altmaier had not won a match on the ATP tour this season and had gone without winning a set in eight games. He recently gained self-confidence by reaching the final at the Challenger tournament in Naples.
