Fabio Fognini leads the field of the clay-court specialists in Kitzbuhel for the 2020 Generali Open. However, any of the players can become the champion as we can expect a lot of interesting results as tennis returned after the ATP Tour suspension. The first round began already on 8th September with some qualifying matches to be finished to form the full draw.

Friday started with an all-German quarterfinal match. Yannick Hanfmann and Max Marterer were showing that they are in a great form in Kitzbuhel and they wanted to extend their run to the semifinals. It was Hanfmann who succeeded in doing so when he defeated his fellow countryman in straight sets to book the semifinal spot.

Wednesday began with the success of two qualifiers. First, it was Yannick Hanfmann who defeated Alexander Bublik in two sets. Then, Marc Huesler came back from set down against Emil Ruusuvuori to book the second-round spot at the Generali Open in Kitzbuhel.

The young Italian, Jannik Sinner was successful in his first-round match against Philipp Kohlschreiber. The experienced Feliciano Lopez also advanced to the second round when he defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert. We also saw victories of Federico Delbonis in an all-Argentinian and Jordan Thompson in an all-Australian first-round clash.

The fifth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz kicked-off the tournament against Joao Sousa. The Polish player proved his qualities and advanced to the second round after a straight-set victory in an hour and 24 minutes. Although the match between Sebastian Ofner and Radu Albot was the only match without a seeded player on Tuesday, the two showed a great spectacle with the Austrian prevailing after almost a 3-hour battle.

A few months ago, Yoshihito Nishioka stated that people should remember his name and not mistake it with Kei Nishikori. However, it didn't matter in Kitzbuhel on Tuesday as both Japanese players were knocked out of the tournament. First, it was Miomir Kecmanovic who outplayed Nishikori and then Guido Pella defeated Nishioka.