The Olympic dress rehearsal forr Sebastian Ofner is at the home tournament in Kitzbuhel failed. The Styrian, seeded number 5, lost the Austrian duel on Tuesday with the only 21-year-old Salzburger Lukas Neumayer after 2 hours and 14 minutes with 4:6,6:4,6:7(3). Ofner, who had been hurt in the heels, did not seem to be in full possession of his strength.
For Neumayer, protégé of Günter Bresnik and Gerald Kamitz it was in his second ATP Tour appearance (after Kitz 2021) the first victory on the tour. The Salzburg player will now face the wildcarded American Nicolas Moreno de Alboran.