Successful start
ÖTV youngster starts home tournament with victory
Joel Schwärzler got off to a perfect start in the ATP 100 Challenger tournament in Mauthausen. The Vorarlberg native, who had entered the main event with a wild card, defeated the German qualifier Mats Rosenkranz (ATP no. 447) 7:6 (1) and 6:4 after 92 minutes.
In the first set, both players held their serve confidently before Rosenkranz began to wobble in the tie-break. Although the German was able to equalize a mini-break immediately, Schwärzler did not concede another point. It was therefore all the more surprising that the Vorarlberg player had to concede his first service game in set two. However, Joel kept his cool and finally used his fourth chance to level the score at 3:3 and shortly afterwards took his opponent's serve to win the match 6:4.
The 18-year-old will now face Spaniard Martin Landaluce, who is the same age, for the first time in the round of 16. He won the junior event at the US Open in 2022 and advanced to the Mauthausen quarter-finals after the Japanese eighth seed Sho Shimabukuro had to retire at 5:7, 6:2, 2:1 from Landaluce's point of view.
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