Oscar Otte caused a surprise at the ATP tournament in Stuttgart and reached the quarterfinals. Jan-Lennard Struff, on the other hand, was eliminated.
Otte defeated fourth-placed Canadian Denis Shapovalov 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-4). In the round of the last eight of the 769,645 euro grass field event, Otte meets Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi on Friday.
Otte holds up the German flag
Struff, on the other hand, was eliminated in the round of 16. The 32-year-old, who made his comeback at the Weissenhof after a two-month injury break, lost to Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-7 (2-7), 6-7 (4-7). The game was interrupted on Wednesday due to rain when Struff was 4: 3 in the second set and continued on Thursday.
Otte: “I’m super happy”
Otte is the last remaining German in the individual field in Stuttgart. “I’m super happy,” said the world number 61. after its success. “It is now the second good tournament in a row in Germany. Hopefully it will continue like this.”
Otte had already surprised at the clay court tournament in Munich at the end of April and reached a semi-final on the ATP tour for the first time. With the victory over last year’s Wimbledon semi-finalist Shapovalov, who was already tenth in the world rankings and is currently 16th in the ranking, he now managed another coup.
