After eight defeats in a row on the tour, Daniel Altmaier achieves success. There had already been signs of a slight upward trend beforehand.
Tennis pro Daniel Altmaier has celebrated a much-needed sense of achievement at the ATP tournament in Bucharest. The 27-year-old from Kempen won his opening match against Spain’s Pedro Martinez 6:1, 6:4, finally celebrating his first win of the year on the tour.
Altmaier dominated the match at the start, taking his opponent’s serve twice early on and converting his first set point after just 30 minutes. A closer duel developed in the second round – with the better end for the sixth seed Altmaier, who will play the Croatian Dino Prizmic in the round of 16 of the clay court tournament.
Altmaier had not won a match on the ATP Tour this season and had not won a set in eight matches. He had recently gained confidence by reaching the final at the Challenger tournament in Naples.