The German men’s tennis surprisingly at the ATP tournament in Madrid. For Daniel Altmaier and Yannick Hanfmann there is something new in their careers.
Tennis professionals Daniel Altmaier and Yannick Hanfmann surprisingly reached the third round of the ATP tournament in Madrid.
The 24-year-old Altmaier from Kempen prevailed in 1:42 hours 6: 4, 7: 5 against his five-year-old opponent Oscar Otte from Cologne. Qualifier Hanfmann from Weinheim (31) then defeated number 15 seeded Italian Lorenzo Musetti in 1:48 hours 6:4, 7:6 (7:3).
Altmaier and Hanfmann now meet in a duel for the round of 16. They are each in the top 32 of a Masters 1000 tournament for the first time in their careers.
Altmaier had actually failed in qualifying at the clay court event. However, he benefited from the cancellation of the seeded Spaniard Pablo Carreño Busta, subsequently moved into the main draw and thereby directly into the second round. Hanfmann had already fought his way through qualification and thus won his fourth game in a row in Madrid against the highly rated Musetti.
In the men’s competition, the German professionals Alexander Zverev and Jan-Lennard Struff are also in the second round.