Schwärzler starts: Austrians shine in Mauthausen!

Schwärzler starts: Austrians shine in Mauthausen!

The ATP Challenger tournament in Mauthausen offers exciting games and great performances by local tennis players. An outstanding player is Joel Schwärzler, who won 6: 3, 7: 5 in the first round against Tamea's Tamea's Paroulek and thus qualified for the second round. Schwärzler mastered the printing situations with a strong nerve strength, especially when he defended an important breakball in the second set and finally decided with 7: 5.
In the second round, Schwärzler meets his compatriot Neil Oberleitner, who previously defeated the ex-top player Fabio Fognini 5: 7, 6: 1 and thus for one of the greatest Surprises of the tournament provided. Schwärzler and Oberleitner belong to an impressive group of four Austrian players who have moved into the round of 16 of the Danube Upper Austria Open, next to Filip Misolic and Lukas Neumayer.

Austrian sequence of tennis

The occupation of the round of 16 shows the strength of Austrian tennis. Filip Misolic was able to triumph against Nikoloz Basilashvili, while Lukas Neumayer defeated another Austrian, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer, 7: 5, 7: 5. Neumayer even had a gap of 3: 5 in the second set and thus demonstrated his fighting spirit. In the coming games, Misolic meets Thiago Tirante, while Neumayer meets Jerome Kym.

The home win of Oberleitner against Fognini is particularly remarkable, since Fognini recently was still in the top ten in the world rankings. Oberleitner benefited from a loss of concentration Fognini, who showed stronger signs of fatigue and no longer found his best game after the lost first set. This shows how competitiveness plays a crucial role in tennis.

historical context

Austria has produced a rich history and many successful players in tennis. In the ten most successful Austrian tennis players of all time, names such as Thomas Muster and Dominic Thiem are in the foreground. Patterns that even reached first place in the world rankings and celebrated 44 tournament wins remains a living legend of Austrian sport. Thiem has also made a name for himself through his US Open victory in 2020 and several Grand Slam final participants.
These successful players set standards and inspire the next generation of tennis professionals, which also include Schwärzler and his colleagues.

The Danube Upper Austria Open not only promise gripping matches, but also a look at the development of Austrian tennis and return to earlier heights.