This time the referee knew his name!
No problems for Peter Gojowczyk (32) in the 2nd round of the US Open! The Munich defeated the Serbian Dusan Lajovic (31) 2: 6, 6: 4, 2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4. In the opening match against Ugo Humbert (23 / France) he was driven by the fact that the referee mispronounced his name. “That helped win. I was so pissed off, ”he said. He put the anger in his game.
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This time it went without anger. Gojowczyk managed the second surprise, because as number 141 in the world he was also against Lajovic, number 40, blatant outsider. And he’s all alone in New York. “I can do it, I’m very proud of it,” he says.
Gojowczyk continues: “I’m without a trainer, I don’t have a physio either.” He has split up with his coach, ex-professional Christopher Kas (41). “But that is not a permanent state of affairs. I need a trainer again. But I take my time in the search. “
He would have money for him too. The third round brings the Bavarian 152,000 euros. And the chance of the round of 16 is huge, because his opponent on Friday is like him a qualifier: the Swiss Henri Laakssonen (29), number 130 in the world.
Gojowczyk is no longer an outsider, two meet at eye level. And the prize money for the round of 16 is respectable: a whopping 224,000 euros. More than he has earned in the whole year so far.
Gojowczyk can use the coal very well. “Corona was difficult for me too. You can’t play the big tournaments anyway, you lose quite often at the others. But I haven’t lost faith in myself. I think if my body goes along with it, then I belong here too, ”he says.
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