Daniel Altmaier faces the world number two in the first round in Vienna. It doesn’t end well for the German.
Daniel Altmaier’s run at the ATP tournament in Vienna came to an end after the first round. The 27-year-old German was clearly defeated by the number one seed, Jannik Sinner, in less than an hour.
Altmaier lost 0-6, 2-6 to the world number two from South Tyrol. Sinner, from Kempen, had already lost in straight sets at the Masters in Shanghai. In Vienna, too, the Italian left no room for doubt from the start, breaking Altmaier’s serve straight away and winning the first set in just 22 minutes without losing a game.
Zverev already in the round of 16
In the second set, Altmaier hit a backhand wide at 1:1, giving Sinner the next break. Another failed backhand led to 1:4. The match was over after 58 minutes.
Things went better for Alexander Zverev: The world number three is in the round of 16 after his opening victory over Britain’s Jacob Fearnley. There he will face Italian qualifier Matteo Arnaldi on Thursday. The indoor tournament in the Austrian capital has a prize fund of around €2.7 million.
