Chris O’Connell’s best-ever run in an ATP match is over after the Sydneysider discovered teenage star Holger Rune a hurdle too far in his breakthrough occasion in Munich.
O’Connell had labored wonders to succeed in solely his second tour-level semi-final on the BMW Open, even defeating house hero, Olympic champion Alexander Zverev, en path to the final 4.
But in Saturday’s semi-final, searching for the largest win of his burgeoning profession, he was nicely crushed 6-3 6-2 by world No.7 Rune, the reigning Munich champion who’s discovered a wealthy vein of kind on the clay after reaching final week’s Monte Carlo Masters last.
It took the 19-year-old Dane simply an hour and 20 minutes to prevail, although O’Connell was removed from disgraced in defeat, going toe-to-toe with one of many brightest younger skills on the circuit within the first set after a poor begin by which he had gone three video games down in simply eight minutes.
But Rune additionally raised his recreation once more within the second set to lastly crack O’Connell’s resistance and reel off the final three video games, together with a break of serve to like.
O’Connell went down preventing, even incomes 4 break factors within the last recreation earlier than Rune lastly sealed victory and the chance to win a fourth ATP crown on Sunday in opposition to both Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp or American Taylor Fritz.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
