Fabio Fognini was eliminated from the Erste Bank Open ", an Atp 500 tournament with a prize pool of 1,837,190 euros, underway on the fast indoor Wiener Stadthalle, in Vienna. The Ligurian, n.36 in the ranking, sold for 6 -2, 7-5, to Argentine Diego Schwartzman, 16 Atp and eighth seeded, finalist in this tournament in the 2019 edition and fresh from the final in Antwerp lost to Sinner.
Sinner winning debut, Opelka ko
- Jannik Sinner - in full swing for the Nitto Atp Finals - the Vienna tournament begins in the best way: in his debut match he defeated the American Reilly Opelka 6-4 6-2 in one hour and two minutes of play. In the next round Sinner faces Dennis Novak.
Sonego debut ok, German Koepfer beaten
- Lorenzo Sonego opened the Italian day in the best way possible at the "Erste Bank Open", ATP 500 in Vienna.
In fact, there are five Azzurri on the field today: four - Sinner, Sonego, Fognini and Musetti - this is the debut in the tournament, while Berrettini is already busy in the second round.
The 26-year-old from Turin, n.23 in the ranking, defeated 6-4 6-3, in an hour and 20 minutes, the German Dominik Koepfer, n.62 Atp, fished out as lucky loser (in place of the Chilean Cristian Garin ).
Tomorrow in the second round Sonego will have to contend with the Norwegian Casper Ruud, n.8 in the ranking and 4 in the seeding, in the running for a place in the Nitto ATP Finals.
