It was not a round day for the brothers Mikael and Elias Ymer, local idols and the main attraction of the ATP 250 indoor hard court tournament in Stockholm (Sweden). The first is classified, executioner of tommy pauleighth favorite, but the defeat of the second, surpassed by Frances Tiafoeseeded third, tied the Swedish-American confrontation.
Both were fixed in the Swedish Davis Cup team. But neither has a glittering tour resume. Elijah was the oldest. He is 26 years old and is fixed at position 129 in the ranking. He has never played an ATP final.
He was close to victory against Tiafoe, one of the revelations of the course, semifinalist of US Open and seventeenth in the world, whom he had already beaten, in the same tournament, last year, in the only previous match between the two.
The local tennis player is two games away from victory. But Tiafoe turned the situation around and came back in the match (3-6, 7-6(4) and 7-6(2) to put himself in the top eight of the tournament and meet Finn Emil Ruusuvuori who prevailed over the Czech Jiri Lehecka for the double 6-2.
He did not share the success of his Mikael, 24 years old, 79 in the ranking and a finalist in Winston Salem in 2021, his biggest success. It took him an hour and 17 minutes to defeat Paul 6-2, 6-3, where he lost the two games they played so far.
The youngest of Ymer will be the rival of the first favorite, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, reigning tournament champion.
The Australian did not disappoint Alex de Minaur, who extended the American streak by eliminating JJ Wolf after winning 6-4, 6-2. The ocean will be the opponent of the Canadian Denis Shapovalov, fifth favorite.
Source: La Verdad
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