Misolic defeats Neumayer in the gripping ÖTV duel of the French Open!

Misolic defeats Neumayer in the gripping ÖTV duel of the French Open!

FILIP MISOLIC shows its strength in the qualification for the French Open 2025 and wins the ÖTV duel against Lukas Neumayer in the penultimate round. The match ended 7: 6 (5), 7: 5 for Misolic, who was able to assert himself in both sentences. In the first sentence, it initially looked critical for him when Neumayer opened the set win at 5: 4. But Misolic achieved the break and he fended off two set balls before using his third set ball in the tie break. The second sentence started promising for Misolic with a 4-0 lead, but Neumayer fought back impressively. Despite another setback at 5: 3 for Misolic, who failed to reserve it, Misolic finally became the winner after he broke Neumayer to 6: 5 and used his first match ball. His next opponent will be Alexander Shevchenko from Kazakhstan, such as laola1.at reported.

The duel between Misolic and Neumayer was the first meeting of the two players in their career. For the match, which was scheduled on Court 5 on Wednesday at 12:00 p.m., Misolic was considered a favorite with a quota of 1.47, while Neumayer had a quota of 2.61. Both players presented themselves strongly in the previous qualifications without submitting a sentence. Misolic had previously defeated Liam Draxl in a clear match with 6-2, 6-2 and Neumayer also secured his place with a convincing 6-3, 6-3 victory against Marco Trungelliti, reports tennistonic.com .

results of the qualification

The French Open qualification 2025, which started on May 19, has 128 participants and takes place on sand fields. In the qualification, both players were able to prevail significantly in the first game. Misolic scored a total of 56 points in his games, with 22 of them winners, and he won 81% of his points with the first serves. Neumayer, on the other hand, also scored 56 points, but with 18 winners, and was able to use 72% of his points with successful first serves. This season Misolic has a record of 29-12, 19-7 on sand, while Neumayer recorded 20-13, with 17-8 on sand

In addition to Misolic, Jurij Rodionov also reached the final qualification round. He prevailed against the Indian Sumit Nagal 6: 2, 6: 4 and now plays against the Frenchman Kyrian Jacquet. This is another step for the two Austrians to get into the main field of the prestigious French Open, such as bautpoint.com