Daniel Altmaier surprisingly clearly reached the quarterfinals at the tennis tournament in Hamburg. The 24-year-old won 6-2, 6-2 after 1:14 hours against the second-seeded Russian Andrei Rublev.
“Today was a very good performance,” said the world number 61. After the coup against the seventh in the world rankings. At the ATP event, which is endowed with 1.832 million euros, the convincing Altmaier meets the winner of the game Yannick Hanfmann against the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang.
Ruud and Musetti continue with a lot of effort
The top seeded Norwegian Casper Ruud had big problems in the 1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2 with the Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin, especially in the first round. The French Open finalist was only able to show his strengths from the second set and won the match after 1:41 hours. “I have to get better overall,” said Ruud after his round of 16 success. Frenchman Arthur Fils, who defeated Serbian Dusan Lajovic 7:5, 7:5, is now waiting in the quarter-finals.
Defending champion Lorenzo Musetti from Italy struggled against Slovakia’s Jozef Kovalik to a 3:6, 6:2, 6:4. The match was stopped on Wednesday evening and continued in the second set on Thursday. The world number 18. will face Serbian Laslo Djere in the quarterfinals.
Alexander Zverev had already qualified for the top eight on Wednesday evening against Maximilian Marterer 6: 3, 7: 5. There he meets Frenchman Luca Van Assche this Friday.
