With Zverev, the selection would be one of the big favorites of the final round, but the ATP Finals winner, as a critic of the format, waives his participation in favor of the holiday. Two years ago Germany was eliminated by the British in the round of the top eight.
Koepfer loses surprisingly clearly
Because Koepfer failed with the 1: 6, 5: 7 against the Austrian outsider Jurij Rodionov in the first individual, the Germans had to tremble. But the disappointing performance against the world number 139. In the end it didn’t matter anymore. Struff managed to equalize with a 7: 5, 6: 4 against Dennis Novak.
Against the Austrian world rankings-118. Struff went into the match under the pressure of having to win. The number 51 in the world did not show any nervousness in the Olympic Hall, where spectators were excluded due to the Corona crisis.
Important re-break in the first sentence
“There was a bit of anger in it from yesterday”, The 31-year-old, who had no chance against Djokovic the day before, explained: “Against Novak I’m going in and I’m the clear underdog. Against Dennis I’m going in and I’m the favorite from the ranking. It’s difficult to deal with. I have it really done very well today. ”
It only got tight when Struff served to win the set at 5: 4, but had to accept that 5: 5. But the Warsteiner immediately took the lead again. “If I don’t break right away, you never know what will happen. I played aggressively from the first point, with a lot more energy – like Novak Djokovic did for me yesterday.”
Krawietz and Pütz successful again
Krawietz and Pütz made sure that the team did not have to rely on theoretical constellations and other results to advance. Against the Serbian duo Djokovic and Nikola Cacic, the two only made a successful start after falling behind in the third set in the tie-break.
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Stand: 28.11.2021, 21:42
