Poor start

Misolic and Rodionov out early at Challengers

National champion Filip Misolic(Bild: GEPA)

The two finalists at the Austrian national tennis championships were eliminated in the first round of their Challenger Tour events on Tuesday.

National champion Filip Misolic, currently the fourth best ÖTV player in the ATP ranking, lost 4:6, 2:6 to Poland's Maks Kasnikowski at the ATP 125 Challenger in Salzburg.

Yuriy Rodionov(Bild: GEPA)

Rodionov loses after leading the set
Finalist Yuriy Rodionov was also unsuccessful in Braunschweig. Rodionov (ATP 152nd), who had to switch to the equivalent Challenger in Germany due to bad experiences in Salzburg, lost 6:3, 5:7, 3:6 to the Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin in the first round.