Marc-Andrea Hüsler loses after three missed balls

TENNIS – For Marc-Andrea Hüsler, the trees are not yet growing in the sky. Hüsler missed the quarterfinals of the Swiss Open J.Sarra Sarasin Gstaad

In the end Marc-Andrea Hüsler (ATP 402) lost to Argentine Facundo Bagnis (ATP 177) in 100 minutes 6h07 (10:12), 1: 6 But many seemed possible for a long time.

Hüsler sniffed the sensation. He played aggressively. Hüsler won two break options in the first match and two more on the 4: 4 score. At the tie-break, the 22-year-old Zurich athlete was presented with three balls, including one to his own service. But after 75 minutes, Facundo Bagnis secured the first set 12-10 in the tie-break and his sixth set-ball. In the second set, Hüsler was no longer able to regain control of the match. Hüsler really made his entrance.

Marc-Andrea Hüsler was the most surprising quarter-finalist in the history of the 103-year Swiss Open tournament. In 1987, Claudio Mezzadri qualified for the semi-finals with a wild card; The previous year, Roland Stadler had even reached the last qualifying round and had lost in the fifth set against Stefan Edberg. The door was also open for Hüsler: In the quarterfinals, he would have met the qualified Estonian Jürgen Zopp, who is also not one of the top 100 in the world.

Despite the missed opportunity – Marc-Andrea Hüsler can be proud of his performance, He proved after the starting win against former top 10 player Nicolas Almagro long against Bagnis – there is a year and a half, the number 55 in the world – nervous force. Hüsler's progress is obvious. A year ago, he lost to Gstaad in the first round of qualifying against Stefano Napolitano 3-6, 2-6. A year ago, he played for the first time at a Challenger tournament (in Scheveningen). Since then, Hüsler has celebrated his first four wins against the top 500 players. A few weeks ago, he beat Tatsuma Ito (ATP 165) for the first time in the top 200 of the world rankings. On the other hand, Hüsler has also conceded losses over the last three months against figures 849, 850, 1088 and 1073 worldwide.