In the 1st round of the ATP 100 Challenger tournament, the 22-year-old from Lower Austria only lost one game. Yesterday, in 89 minutes, he won 7: 5, 6: 1 over third-placed Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan ( WRL No. 109) into the Quarterfinals. The reward for this is 2480 euros gross and 20 points for the ranking.
“The two repelled set balls (at a score of 4: 5, note) gave me a big boost. I found solutions,” said Rodionov, who will face Attila Balazs ( No. 266) will have to do. The 33-year-old Hungarian, who is plagued by injuries and was already number 76 in the computer, plays for Union Stein & Co. Mauthausen in the Bundesliga.
Styrian Filip Misolic (WRL No. 317) lost his round of 16 against Jiri Lehecka (Cze/WRL No. 88) 4:6, 4:6. Today (11.30 a.m.) Lucas Miedler (No. 310) meets Nino Serdarusic (Cro/No. 195). Not before 2.30 p.m. does the Austrian duel Dennis Novak (No. 148) against Gerald Melzer (No. 249). (Alex)
Source: Nachrichten
