Ofner despite five-movement off to Chasthanow good Mutes-Diepresse.com

Sebastian Ofner lost a five-sentence thriller against the Russian Karen Chatschafhanow, which was set as number 24 on Wednesday and missed the third french Open round en suite. The 29-year-old Steirer, who had still eliminated Chasthanow in the Geneva quarter-finals last week, equalized a 1-2 set deficit in very windy conditions, but lost 5: 7.6: 7.5: 4.2: 6 after 3:58 hours.

Ofner was probably the enormous workload of the past few weeks: In May alone, the Styrian played his 13th match, and in the previous week he had reached the semi -finals in Geneva. Filip Misolic is the last Austrian in individual operation on Thursday (4th match after 11 a.m.) against Denis Shapovalov (CAN-27).

Ofner: « Of course I’m a little sad »

« Of course I’m a bit sad. I led 2-0 with break in the fifth set. But it’s a short time, » said Offerner his comeback only two months ago. It will take a little while before he can put away well for such long games. « It was tough, I tried everything. It was really difficult conditions to play. »

He was « a really good level, » added Ofner. « The first match was four sentences, now five – that I can feel it physically a bit was to be expected, but otherwise I am really satisfied, » summed up the Styrian. He planned his next assignment to Paris at a sandplace Challenger in Bratislava a week before going to the lawn season.

Match interrupted in the first set of the rain

The first set was characterized by a 45-minute interruption in 3-2 for Chasthanow. Previously, Oversiner, who did not immediately get into play, had collected a break to 1: 2 and, above all, could not use a 0:40 when the Russian was served. So the 29-year-old Moscow made 4: 2 after the break. Ofner managed the rebreak and led 5: 4, but Chatschashanow used the second set ball to be 7: 5 after 53 minutes after a new break.

Of the service, of the service at the start of the second round, the service lost immediately, but you immediately dropped back and took the surcharge to 4: 2. The Styrian remained dominant, repeatedly scored thanks to his strong, two -handed backhand and achieved the same set with 6: 3.

In the third round, Ofner seemed to get the game better under control, and also got along better with the conditions. After a divided break chance in the first game, it went up to 4: 5 in his view with the serve when he was able to fend off the first set ball. After that, Chasthanow, who repeatedly sprinkled very effective stop balls throughout the game, succeeded, but after 2:36 hours the break to the 2-1 set lead.

Pure drama: Ofner picked up 1-2 set behind

As so often, OFNER was not put off by residue in Paris. In the fourth sentence, he then achieved the first break to 5: 4, with the third set ball, Ofner, after 3:19 hours, made the same set. When he took the serve his opponent and confirmed the break to 2-0, Wolfgang Thiem’s ​​protégé already seemed on the winning road. But Chasthanow managed the rebreak and suddenly the « oven » was out. He seemed tired, the hardships of the past few weeks have now become clearly noticeable. Ofner again had to give up his service to zero to 2: 4, Chadhanow placed zero to 5: 2. From this situation, the great fighter from Bruck an der Mur could no longer free himself.

Also Miedler in doubles out

Double specialist Lucas Miedler and his partner Francisco Cabral had to say goodbye in the first round. The Lower Austrian and the Portuguese defeated Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos (ESP/ARG-5) 6: 7 (2), 3: 6. Alexander Erler with Constantin Frantzen (GER) in the second round ensures an Austria contribution. (APA)