The 23-year-old Rodionov defeated the German Julian Lenz 6: 2, 6: 4 and will be the new Austrian number one in the ATP ranking from Monday. He overtakes Dennis Novak, who is currently still best placed and has already retired. Ofner defeated local hero Lucas Miedler 7:5,6:2 in the Austrian duel on Wednesday.
In the quarter-finals on Thursday, Rodionov meets Slovakian Jozef Kovalik. Ofer will face either Kovalik’s compatriot Norbert Gombos or Gianluca Mager (ITA).
By the way, Rodionov, who is back on the pitch shortly before the US Open after a corona illness, has changed something in his coaching team. “My coach is Gary Muller now, I’ve been back with him since I got sick,” Rodionov told APA. Austria’s Davis Cup player, who is nominated against Pakistan next week at the same venue in Tulln, is now training again at Günter Bresnik’s academy with South African ex-Top 50 man Muller.
Source: Nachrichten
