Fabio Fognini won the veteran duel with Benoit Paire in three sets in the first round of the ATP Challenger tournament in Bad Waltersdorf.
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last edited: September 19, 2023, 3:24 p.m
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Fabio Fognini on Tuesday in Bad Waltersdorf
Fabio Fognini against Benoit Paire – not so long ago that would have been a center court match at a really big tournament. For example in Monte Carlo. where Fognini achieved his greatest career success in 2019. But the two veterans are already on their way into the well-deserved sunset. And so these days we meet in Bad Waltersdorf at the Challenger. Of course also on Center Court.
Paire was in Frankfurt on the hard court over the weekend, where the Frenchman put on a great show, for example in the match against Jan-Lennard Struff. Fognini, on the other hand, was deeply offended because he was not named to the Italian Davis Cup squad, which was able to qualify for the final tournament in Málaga at the last minute in Bologna.
Fognini wins in three sets
Well. In any case, Fabio Fognini had the better end for himself on Tuesday afternoon in Eastern Styria – and moved into the second round with 6:2, 4:6 and 6:1. There you will either face local hero Filip Filip Misolic or the German Timo Stodder.
One of the early winners on the second day of the tournament was Dennis Novak, who won 6:3 and 6:3 against compatriot Sandro Kopp after the disappointment in the Davis Cup in Schwechat. Lukas Neumayer, however, was eliminated. The Challenger finalist in Salzburg lost to Ergi Kirkin from Turkey 5:7, 6:2 and 1:6.
Here is the individual tableau in Bad Waltersdorf
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2023-09-19 13:42:00
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