Tennis – Engel missed another surprise in Almaty – Sport

Keeping up well and gaining further experience at the highest level: Tennis talent Justin Engel missed out on the quarter-finals at the ATP tournament in Almaty despite his next convincing appearance. The 17-year-old from Nuremberg had to fall to 31st place in the world rankings on Wednesday. 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 played his first ever ATP duel in his first round duel in Almaty and immediately celebrated a success against Coleman Wong from Hong Kong. He became the youngest winner of an ATP match since top player Carlos Alcaraz in 2020. The current world ranking is 458. will make a significant leap forward in the ranking despite his elimination.