2023-10-17 17:53:14
Filip Misolic caused a surprise at the tennis ATP250 tournament in Stockholm on Tuesday. After successfully qualifying, the 22-year-old Styrian eliminated number eight seeded Brit Daniel Evans 6:4.7:6(1) in the first round of the main competition. For the world number 181. It was only the second success in an opening round at ATP level in the current season after reaching the quarter-finals in Bastaad in July.
Misolic started with a break and didn’t let a rebreak to make it 2-2 upset. He took 34th place to 5:4. again served the serve and subsequently served to zero after 41 minutes. In the second set, too, the two actors met each other on equal terms. Evans took serve from the ÖTV player to make it 3-1, Misolic broke back to make it 4-5 and saved himself into the tiebreak. Austria’s number five was safe there and only left the opponent with one point. After 1:40 hours, success was in the bag.
The next hurdle is either the Frenchman Gael Monfils or the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics.
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