Mager beats Koepfer and enters the main draw in Vienna
Vienna, Austria) – Gianluca Mager accesses the main draw of the “Erste Bank Open”, Atp 500 with a prize pool of 1,837,190 euros that is being played on the fast indoor Wiener Stadthalle of the Austrian capital. The 26-year-old from Sanremo, number 67 Atp and fifth seeded in the qualifiers, he beat the German Dominik Koepfer 6-3, 3-6, 64th in ranking and 4th in seeding. It was the first ever challenge between the two. Mager thus joins the five blues already present in the main draw. “Tough” draw for Lorenzo Musetti, number 69 Atp and beneficiary of a wild card, which will be the Frenchman Gael Monfils. It did not go better for Fabio Fognini, who has to deal immediately with the Argentine Diego Schwartzman, eighth seeded and finalist in the 2019 edition. Lorenzo Sonego, finalist twelve months ago, has to contend with the Chilean Cristian Garin, while Jannik Sinner , seeding number 7, will find the American Reilly Opelka on the other side of the network. Finally, Matteo Berrettini, number 3 in the ranking and on the scoreboard, awaits the conclusion of the qualifications.