The sports day: Tennis jewel Engel loses but still impresses

The sports day
Tennis jewel Engel loses but still impresses

October 16, 2024, 10:02 a.m

Keeping up well and gaining further experience at the highest level: Tennis talent Justin Engel Despite his next convincing performance, he missed the quarter-finals at the ATP tournament in Almaty. The 17-year-old from Nuremberg had to the world ranking 31st. Francisco Cerundolo from Argentina defeated 4:6, 6:7 (3:7). In the Kazakh city, Engel played mostly on an equal footing with Cerundolo and proved that he can keep up with the tempo in the rallies with his opponent, who is nine years his senior. In the second set he came back from a break behind and earned the tiebreak, in which Cerundolo then played out his routine.

Engel had in his first round duel His first ATP duel ever took place in Almaty and immediately celebrated a success against Coleman Wong from Hong Kong. He became the youngest winner of an ATP match since top star Carlos Alcaraz in 2020. The current ATP 458. will make a significant leap forward in the world rankings despite his elimination.