ATP Cologne: Jürgen Melzer continues to surf the wave of success
Jürgen Melzer and his partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin have reached the quarter-finals at the second ATP Tour 250 tournament in Cologne. And that only a few days after winning the tournament together in St. Petersburg.
by Jens Huiber
last edit: Oct 21, 2020, 04:15 pm
Court 1 in Cologne's Lanxess Arena actually has the potential to provide a stage for atmospheric matches. There is enough space in the stands for the fans, and even these days applause spills over from the center court to the smaller stadium. That this applause comes from the tape is known, at the moment just a necessity. Jürgen Melzer and Edouard Roger-Vasselin didn't care, a few days ago the two veterans in st. Petersburg won their first joint tournament victory. And with the 6: 1 and 7: 6 (3) against Maximo Gonzalez and Neal Skupski, their successful run was immediately prolonged.
"We found our game," Melzer told tennisnet immediately after the match. Match wins on clay would have helped to find out “how we can best work together.” And that, although the Lower Austrian and his French partner have now switched sides again. By now they have so much self-confidence that they see themselves in a position to make up a break deficit at any time.
Melzer, Oswald, Marach in Cologne
That came out particularly well in the opening match in Cologne, with Melzer / Roger-Vasselin trailing 1: 5 after an unfortunate start in the second set. “We have repeatedly created opportunities and then used them. that's what makes us different at the moment. "
The success on Sunday certainly helped. “I don't know whether we'll win the second set if we don't win the title in St. Petersburg first. You just take a lot of self-confidence with you. "
Jürgen Melzer and partners will also need that in the round of the last eight: The two are playing against Ben Mclachlan and Raven Klaasen. Again two proven double specialists. With Philipp Oswald, who was also the tournament winner last week, at the side of Marcus Daniell and Oliver Marach, who plays with Mate Pavic, two more Austrians are playing doubles in Cologne.