Neumayer beats Ofner
Victory in Kitz: “The best day of my life!”
It was not to be expected - and yet it came as no surprise: Lukas Neumayer caused the first big sensation of the "Generali Open 2024" yesterday. After 135 intense minutes, the 21-year-old from Salzburg was able to raise his hands to the Tyrolean sky after beating Sebastian Ofner 6:4, 4:6 and 7:6. "The best day of my life!"
Which Lukas was able to celebrate after a rollercoaster ride down the infamous Streif: After a comfortable 6:4, 2:0, his head went crazy ("it still happens to me too often that I concede cheap breaks"), Ofner sensed the morning air.
But the visibly battered red-white-red top player was always chasing in a crazy third round, countered, but lost in the tiebreak. "Bitter. But I was in pain again right from the start." Haglund's sydrome in both heels, but stronger in the left one. "It's no fun like this in the long run, and certainly no point," Ofner admitted, "I'll have to see after the Olympics. But I don't want another operation." Despite the physical and therefore psychological handicap, "Ofi" is really looking forward to the Games in Paris. "A childhood dream."
Like the round of 16 in Kitz for Neumayer! His opponent will be US boy Moreno de Alboran, against whom he won an ITF final in 2022 (6:4, 6:1 in Madrid). "With this crowd at my favorite tournament - anything is possible."
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