Out in the round of 16
LIVE: Filip Misolic has his back to the wall
The Erste Bank Open is over for Filip Misolic! The 24-year-old Styrian was beaten 4:6 and 4:6 by Australian Alex de Minaur in the round of 16 on Wednesday.
Filip Misolic was denied a place in the quarter-finals of the Erste Bank Open for the first time. The native of Vienna lost 4:6, 4:6 to Australian number three Alex de Minaur in his round of 16 debut at the ATP500 hard court event in the Wiener Stadthalle, which is endowed with more than 2.7 million euros. Despite the defeat against the world number seven, there are positives, Misolic will break into the top 90 for the first time.
"This is very important, now I think I've qualified for the Australian Open, that was a big goal," said Misolic. Despite his elimination, he could only take "nice moments" from the match. It was "not easy" due to the break he conceded quickly, and "little things" were the deciding factor overall. "I had my chances, but unfortunately I didn't take them. That's definitely a difference in quality," admitted Misolic.
He could be satisfied with his service performance. "The good thing is that I served well and apart from the breaks, he didn't have any break points. I can take that with me, it was a good performance from me," summarized the ÖTV top player. The 26-year-old De Minaur thus ended all ÖTV singles hopes at his home tournament. The Australian Open and US Open quarter-finalist had beaten the second Austrian wild card player Jurij Rodionov 6:4, 6:1 in the opening match. Misolic had overcome the opening hurdle for the first time in his third start in Vienna, which was also his first first-round win on the ATP Tour since the first round in Kitzbühel on July 22.
First game decisive
As expected, it was a similar duel to the one on Tuesday, where Misolic had prevailed 7:5, 7:6(6) against the Argentinian Camilo Ugo Carabelli, with longer rallies. The first game was decisive in the first set. Although the Styrian was able to fend off three break chances, he lost his serve after number four and more than ten minutes. De Minaur didn't let this advantage slip away, and it didn't help that Misolic subsequently exuded confidence on his own serve and only conceded two points.
The second set was also quickly decided. This time, the ten-time ATP tournament winner, who won the title in Washington in 2025, managed to break for 2:1 with his second chance. Misolic carelessly played a forehand out of bounds. In contrast to before, the still world number 95 had the opportunity to come back. At 2:3, however, his nerves fluttered when he had three break points. First, he was unable to capitalize on a net roller, then he made two forehand errors without applying any pressure. After a little less than an hour and a half, De Minaur served out in the sold-out hall with 9,800 spectators.
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