Vienna – Styrian Sebastian Ofner lost the final of the Parma Tennis Challenger. The 30-year-old lost to the second-ranked Frenchman Luca Van Assche in 2:10 hours 6:2,2:6,3:6 in this ATP 125 clay tournament on Saturday evening as number four. Ofner will still improve in the world rankings and will find himself around 110th place. There was also a final defeat at the end of a Saturday double shift for Jurij Rodionov at a lower level.