NEWS
Early Challenger Exit for Ofner and Schwärzler
The two ÖTV players are both eliminated in the first round.
Sebastian Ofner is eliminated in the first round of the ATP Challenger in Cancun, Mexico.
Austria's number one loses to the seventh-seeded Russian Roman Safiullin (ATP 103) with a score of 3:6, 4:6.
For the Styrian, this is already his fifth consecutive defeat. This also means a failed dress rehearsal for the US Open, which starts on August 30.
Schwärzler Falls to World No. 495
Joel Schwärzler also suffers an early exit.
The Vorarlberg native loses in the Jamaican capital Kingston 2:6, 5:7 to Japan's Kenta Miyoshi (ATP 495).
Following his tournament victory in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland, two weeks ago, this is his second consecutive first-round defeat.
