US Open finalists Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz were the first German doubles team in the tournament’s 55-year history to reach the semi-finals at the end of the tennis season. The two battled at the ATP Finals in Turin The Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori won 7:5, 6:4 and survived the group stage quickly thanks to their second victory in the second match.
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According to the ATP Men’s Association, no German doubles team has ever been in the top four. “Really,” Krawietz said, “it’s a long history of tennis.” “It was great to play in front of the Italian people, it was great.” On Saturday, Krawietz and Pütz will play in the finals of the tournament, in which the eight best pairs in the game will take part. The tournament will be held in Turin in the same way as the individual tournament with Alexander Zverev.
With good praise, Pütz got the first break of the match, which was equivalent to winning the first set. The Davis Cup pair already had two points at 5:4, but the Italians, with the help of the spectators, stopped them. In the second set the decision was made with a break of 6:4. “The difference was small, we could have easily lost the first set. The level was very high,” said Pütz.
Victory in their first combined appearance at the end of the season
The final group match against Rohan Bopanna / Matthew Ebden (India/Australia) is on Friday. At the start, the German pair were already surprised by the success of Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic (El Salvador / Croatia), who were first.
Pütz/Krawietz (Frankfurt/Coburg) did not qualify for the end of the season as the eighth best team of the year and are participating as a team for the first time in their second year together on the ATP tour. Krawietz had participated in the ATP Finals three times before, but never made the top four. The participation is the first for Pütz;
Unlike singles Zverev, the German double will not be on vacation after the ATP Finals. The pair will compete against the German team in the Davis Cup final in Malaga next week.
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US Open finalists Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz were the first German doubles team in the tournament’s 55-year history to reach the semi-finals at the end of the tennis season. The two battled at the ATP Finals in Turin The Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori won 7:5, 6:4 and survived the group stage quickly thanks to their second victory in the second match.
According to the ATP Men’s Association, no German doubles team has ever been in the top four. “Really,” Krawietz said, “it’s a long history of tennis.” “It was great to play in front of the Italian people, it was great.” On Saturday, Krawietz and Pütz will play in the finals of the tournament, in which the eight best pairs in the game will take part. The tournament will be held in Turin in the same way as the individual tournament with Alexander Zverev.