This means both ÖTV aces are in the main draw for the second round of the Grand Slam in Paris.
“Steirermen san very good” is not only stated in the popular folk song “Die Stoakogler”, but it is also confirmed at the French Open in Paris these days. After Sebastian Offner on Sunday evening, his Styrian compatriot Philipp Mizoly also advanced to the second round despite now trailing 0-2. The 22-year-old from Graz (ATP 243) defeated Finnish fortune-teller Otto Virtanen (ATP 156) 4:6, 4:6, 6:3, 6:4 in his Grand Slam main event debut on Monday evening. , 6:2. He challenges Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo (ATP 27), the 23rd seed, on Thursday in Corpus Christi, against whom he lost 3:6, 3:6 in their only clash so far at the Wiener Stadthalle 2022 Erste Bank Open. Offner, last year’s eighth finalist, made his second appearance on Wednesday. St. Mariner (ATP 45) now also knows his opponent: as expected, he is also up against Kitzbühel champion Sebastian Paez (ATP 20) from Argentina, who is ranked 20th, who also defeated Brazilian qualifier Gustavo Hyde (ATP 174). ) was deleted in five sentences. On Tuesday, only Sam Weissborn will play in the doubles category: in the beginning, Viennese Luke Johnson (Great Britain) and Skandar Mansouri (Tunisia) will meet Monaco’s Romain Arniot.