Tennis: Tsitsipas Misses Erste Bank Open in Vienna

Stefanos Tsitsipas canceled his participation in the Tennis Erste Bank Open at short notice on Tuesday. The world number 25 from Greece cited a back injury as the reason. The Serbian Hamad Medjedovic, who entered the competition as a lucky loser, was expectedly defeated by the fourth-seeded Italian Lorenzo Musetti with 4:6, 3:6. However, the exit was surprising for Andrey Rublev, who lost to the Briton Cameron Norrie with 2:6, 7:6(5), 2:6.

Erste Bank Open in Vienna without Tsitsipas - Rublev and Khachanov out

Rublev was the number seven seed of the tournament. Thus, at the ATP500 hard court event, which is endowed with more than 2.7 million euros, two seeded players have already been eliminated. On Monday, in the opening match, the fifth-seeded Russian Karen Khachanov, who was in the final in the Stadthalle last year, lost to the Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor with 3:6, 7:5, 4:6.

Musetti received a new opponent

Musetti was not thrown off by the last-minute change of his opponent, and after a little more than an hour and a quarter, the victory was secured. Musetti's matches in the coming weeks will also be closely watched by the Austrian Tennis Federation, as the world number eight is Italy's number one in the Davis Cup quarter-final duel with Austria on November 19 in Bologna, following Jannik Sinner's withdrawal. In Vienna, the 23-year-old French Open semi-finalist is aiming for his third final of the season after those in Chengdu and Monte Carlo.

(APA/Red)

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