Neumayer closer to the first Challenger title: First set win in Montemar
Neumayer closer to the first Challenger title: First set win in Montemar
In Montemar in Spanish, the Austrian tennis professional Lukas Neumayer fought himself until the final of the ATP Challenger 75 sandplace tournament. Despite the strong commitment, the former top ten player Fabio Fognini declared himself too strong, so Neumayer has to continue to wait for his first ATP Challenger title. Nevertheless, the Salzburger was able to win a sentence for himself in this final game, which was the first time in his previous final participation in Challenger tournaments.
In total, Neumayer has now had four final participation in Challenger events and his path was full of challenges and remarkable encounters. His previous final participation is summarized here:
Review of the final participation
The first final participation in 2023 took place in his hometown of Salzburg, where he competed against Sebastian Ofner. Neumayer could not arrive against the confident Styrian and lost 3: 6, 2: 6. Nevertheless, he performed strongly in the course of the tournament by being able to beat Monteiro, Bagnis and Nagal, among others.
A little later the Challenger tournament followed in Cordenon, Italy, where he also met local competition. However, Neumayer did not get into play against Mattia Gigante and had to admit defeat clearly with 0: 6, 2: 6. However, this defeat did not let him discourage it.Another up -and -coming tournament took place in Tulln 2024. There he showed an impressive performance by eliminating number two, Jerome Kym, in three sets in the quarter -finals. This time, however, he had no chance in the final against the British Jan Choinski and lost 4: 6, 1: 6.
Finally, he reached the final in Montemar, where he initially gave the first set 3: 6 in the duel with Fabio Fognini. But in the second set, Neumayer turned up and clearly won 6: 2. In the crucial третau sentence, however, he quickly fell behind and finally lost 3: 6.
reward for good performance
Despite the defeat, Neumayer can be proud of his good performance. He was able to gain a lot of valuable experience on these tournaments and strengthen his self -confidence. These successes also led to a jump in the world rankings by more than 30 places. The 22-year-old Austrian has now proven that he is on the right track and his first victory may only be a matter of time at a Challenger tournament.
The developments related to Lukas Neumayer are promising and his next steps in tennis seem promising. Fans and observers are looking forward to his progress and hope that he can soon win the first big title.