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Erste Bank Open LIVE: Qualifiers begin with three Austrians

LIVE: Neumayer, Schwärzler and Sorger kick off their Erste Bank Open qualifying campaign. All matches and start times in the LAOLA1 ticker.

Erste Bank Open LIVE: Qualifiers begin with three Austrians Photo: © GEPA

The qualification for the Erste Bank Open, endowed with 2,797,985 Euros, starts today with three Austrians.

All three are participating via wildcard and will face seeded players right in the first round.

Neumayer opens Centre Court

Salzburg native Lukas Neumayer (ATP 168) will kick off play on Centre Court at 11:30 AM. He will face the fourth-seeded Czech Vít Kopriva (ATP 66). LIVE Scores>>>

After that, Vorarlberg native Joel Schwärzler (ATP 173) will be challenged. His opponent is the fifth-seeded Frenchman Titouan Droguet (ATP 69). LIVE Info>>>

As the third Austrian, Styrian Sebastian Sorger (ATP 372) enters the fray. He will compete against the third-seeded Hungarian Fábián Marozsán (ATP 64). LIVE Info>>>

The Centre Court schedule will conclude no earlier than 6:00 PM with the duel between top-seeded Argentinian Thiago Agustín Tirante (ATP 50) and Frenchman Adrian Mannarino (ATP 79).

Four Matches in Marx Halle

Play on #glaubandich Court will begin at 11:00 AM. Briton Jacob Fearnley (ATP 87) will face the seventh-seeded Spaniard Pablo Carreño Busta (ATP 74), who was once ranked world No. 10.

Following that are matches between second-seeded Adolfo Daniel Vallejo from Paraguay (ATP 54) and Italian Lorenzo Sonego (ATP 89), as well as between Slovak Alex Molcan (ATP 80) and eighth-seeded Serb Hamad Medjedovic (ATP 76).

No earlier than 4:00 PM, Corentin Moutet from France (ATP 94) will meet sixth-seeded Czech Tomáš Macháč (ATP 72).

All results in the LIVE ticker>>>

Top Stars Training in Marx Hall

In parallel, Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, and Matteo Berrettini will complete their training sessions in Marx Halle.

Zverev will train from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Alcaraz will hit from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

Saturday's Schedule (Qualification, 1st Round):

Centre Court (Wiener Stadthalle)

  • from 11:30 AM: Vít Kopriva (CZE/4) - Lukas Neumayer (AUT/WC)

  • followed by: Joel Schwärzler (AUT/WC) - Titouan Droguet (FRA/5)

  • followed by: Fábián Marozsán (HUN/3) - Sebastian Sorger (AUT/WC)

  • not before 6:00 PM: Thiago Agustín Tirante (ARG/1) - Adrian Mannarino (FRA)

#glaubandich Court (Marx Halle)

  • from 11:00 AM: Jacob Fearnley (GBR) - Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP/7)

  • followed by: Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (PAR/2) - Lorenzo Sonego (ITA)

  • followed by: Alex Molcan (SVK) - Hamad Medjedovic (SRB/8)

  • not before 4:00 PM: Corentin Moutet (FRA) - Tomáš Macháč (CZE/6)

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