The world number two makes short work of the player from Kempen.
A class difference at the Wiener Stadthalle: professional tennis player Daniel Altmaier was defeated by tournament favorite Jannik Sinner right at the start of the ATP tournament in Austria’s capital. The player from Kempen lost to the world number two from Italy on Wednesday without a chance, 0-6, 2-6.
Altmaier had no answer to Sinner, who was on a roll from the start: the South Tyrolean took a 3-0 lead within ten minutes after a double break and closed out the first set after 22 minutes. Altmaier fought back visibly, winning his own serve at the start of the second set. But it wasn’t enough to seriously challenge Sinner in the end.
For the 27-year-old, currently ranked 51st in the world, it was his second defeat to Sinner in October. He had already lost in two sets (3-6, 3-6) at the Masters in Shanghai.
Alexander Zverev is now the last remaining German player in the 500 tournament in Vienna. Zverev struggled to overcome Scottish qualifier Jacob Fearnley in his opening match on Tuesday. Zverev will face Italian Matteo Arnaldi in the round of 16 on Thursday.
