Sebastian Ofner won the first prize at the Hartplatz-Challenger in St. Gallen.Ulrich won his first match since mid-August in Val Gardena (South Tyrol).In the Italian competition, Ofner beat the Frenchman Mathias Bourgue 1:6 6:1 6:3.In addition, Gerald Melzer won his second match at a Challenger in Argentina.
For Ofner, it was the first success after five defeats in series.For the eighth time this year, the 21-year-old was able to make up for a 0:1 setback.
Ofner, who lived in St. Peter’s.Ulrich is seeded as number eight, on Thursday in the second round he will meet Tim Pütz from Germany, against whom he has not yet played.
Gerald Melzer is already on his South America tour one lap further on.At the Challenger tournament on Sand in Buenos Aires, the Lower Austrian won against the former world rankings 78 in the round of sixteen.Blaz Rola confident 6:4 6:3.
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For Melzer it was his third victory in the match between two left-handers in the third duel against Slovenia.Portugal’s Joao Domingues from Portugal is now waiting for the quarter-finals.This duel has never been fought before.
Melzer, together with the Brazilian Joao Souza, is also successfully competing in doubles in Buenos Aires.In the first round, they beat local heroes Hernan Casanova and Juan Pablo Paz 6:4 and 6:0, and are now in the quarter-finals.