Jan-Lennard Struff is not only fighting for his first individual title on the ATP tour in Munich tomorrow. But he could also be crowned double champion alongside Andreas Mies.
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last edited: April 20, 2024, 7:16 p.m
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Jan-Lennard Struff has two more appearances ahead of him tomorrow
Jan-Lennard Struff could not be stopped. Not in the morning, when he confidently finished his quarter-finals at the ATP tournament in Munich. And especially not three hours later, when he swept the defending champion Holger Rune from Denmark off the pitch with a firework of brilliant shots. 6:2, 6:0 in just 45 minutes – the fascinated audience burst into cheers.
“It was an almost perfect match, unbelievable,” said Struff, who seemed to be a little overwhelmed himself, driving Rune around the court and driving him to despair so much that the twelfth in the world rankings looked pleadingly into the sky. “The result speaks for itself, a lot of good things came together,” he said.
After his brilliant double shift, the Warsteiner now has the chance to win his first title on the ATP tour for the fourth time in his career – for the second time after 2021 in Munich, where in addition to the 88,125 euros in prize money, the winner will also receive around 100,000 euros in prize money Car from tournament sponsor BMW is up for grabs. “I hope I can take the last step,” said Struff.
Struff now faces Fritz after a triple shift
The opponent on Sunday is Taylor Fritz from the USA, ranked one position ahead of Struff at number three in Munich. The Californian, 15th in the world rankings, also ahead of the 33-year-old German (28th), prevailed in his semi-final 6:3, 6:4 against Cristian Garin from Chile. The 2019 tournament winner had defeated Alexander Zverev 6:4, 6:4 in the quarterfinals the day before.
Struff’s quarter-final against Felix Auger-Aliassime from Canada had to be canceled on Friday due to darkness when the score was 7:5, 3:1. After the new start on Saturday morning, the German quickly found his rhythm again and won the second set comfortably 6:4.
Of course, Struff’s day wasn’t over after that: the semi-finals in doubles alongside Andreas Mies still awaited him. And Struff and his partner also won that confidently. The duo moved into the final with a 6:4, 6:3 win against Theo Arribage (France) and Victor Cornea (Romania). There, Struff will play with Mies for his fifth doubles title after the singles final against Yuki Bhambri (India) and Albano Olivetti (France). Actually, this final should have taken place at 11 a.m. But after Struff’s entry into the individual final (live on Sky and in our ticker from 1:30 p.m.) it was of course postponed until the afternoon.
“Yes, it was a good day,” said Struff after his marathon day: “We’ll try to get it tomorrow, including me in the individual.” Before that, he had to regenerate, said Struff, and “watch a little football.”
Here is the individual tableau in Munich
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