Challenger Mauthausen

Schwärzler and Melzer reach the quarter-finals

Joel Schwärzler and Gerald Melzer have reached the quarter-finals of the Tennis Challenger in Mauthausen. 

On Thursday, the 18-year-old Schwärzler beat the Spaniard of the same age Martin Landaluce 6:4, 6:2 in the round of 16. Melzer eliminated the Argentinian Roman Andres Burruchaga, seeded number two, 6:4,6:4 in front of 600 spectators. Filip Misolic was the first red-white-red professional to make it into the top eight on Wednesday.

Reason to celebrate in the doubles as well
Schwärzler will play Bulgarian Dimitar Kusmanov in the quarter-finals on Friday (2nd match after 10.00 a.m.), who had previously defeated Lukas Neumayer 2:6,6:2,6:0 in three sets. Misolic (3rd match) will face the top seeded Argentinian Francisco Comesana, Melzer (10.00 a.m.) will play the sixth seeded Slovakian Jozef Kovalik.

Schwärzler, currently ranked 743rd in the ATP rankings, was able to celebrate twice on Thursday. In the doubles quarter-finals, the Vorarlberg native and Neil Oberleitner beat the Brazilian duo Orlando Luz/Fernando Romboli 6:4, 6:4.