Dresden. The Dresden tennis fans can look forward to it. After the 7th Open East German Indoor Tennis Championships held in October in the hall of the TC Blau-Weiß Blasewitz in Hepkestrasse, the 2nd Elbflorenz Open this winter will take place from Friday to Sunday in the four-field hall at the television tower in Pappritz Dresden is already hosting the second high-level tennis tournament, which is about points for the German ranking list. The organizer is the Sportpark Dresden.
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The experienced tournament director Jeremy Puth is pleased with the very good quality and numbers: “In the field of 24 men and 16 women there are 18 German ranked players, ten for women and eight for men. There are twelve (eight for the women and four for the men) on the waiting list. “Puth sees the implementation of the tournament as absolutely safe:” There are very clear regulations because of the corona pandemic. The players have to leave the hall immediately after their game. In addition, we only play singles and not doubles. “
The hottest Dresden iron in the men’s singles is the multiple Saxon champion Mark Tanz (Blau-Weiß Blasewitz), who starts as the defending champion. But the 33-year-old Blasewitzer has to fight off very strong competition. These include above all the number one seeded Edison Ambarzumjan from STK Garching from Bavaria and Aleksiandr Bulitski. The 27-year-old from Belarus starts for the newly founded tennis performance center Espenhain and won the premier tournament in the brand new Espenhain four-field hall in October, which was also about points for the German ranking list.
In the women’s category, the only 14-year-old Clara-Marie Schön (Blau-Weiß Blasewitz) is the most promising Dresden player. The great German hope for the next generation is number two behind 19-year-old Sibel Demirbaga (THC from Horn and Hamm) from Hamburg. 19-year-old Czech Laura Pesickova, who plays for TV Jahn Wolfsburg, is one of the favorites. The first service is on Friday at 8 p.m. The game starts on Saturday and Sunday at 9 a.m., the finals take place on Sunday at around 12 p.m. (women’s singles) and 2 p.m. (men’s singles).
