ATP Finals: Krawietz and Mies with a close win at the start
Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies won the first group game at their premiere at the ATP Finals in London. The duo from Coburg and Cologne prevailed in the group "Max Mirnyi" on Monday against Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecau (Netherlands / Romania) with 7: 6 (7: 3), 4: 6, 10: 6 by ,
by SID
last edit: Nov 11, 2019, 03:14 pm
Thus, the French Open winners have made a first step towards the semifinals. In the further course, it gets the German top doubles now with the Colombians Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, reigning Wimbledon and US Open winners and world number one, and with the Frenchmen Nicolas Mahut and Pierre Hugues-Herbert, in January at the Australian Open had triumphed to do.
Krawietz and Mies had been a little hesitant against Rojer / Tecau at the beginning, after they had picked up a break for 2: 4 but switched up a gear. In the tiebreak the duo acted then dominant. In set two, they then ran behind an early deficit ultimately unsuccessful, they could then rely on their nerve strength again in the ten points played match tiebreak.
After Jürgen Fassbender and Hans-Jürgen Pohmann in 1975, Krawietz (27) and Mies (29) are the second purely German doubles at the traditional end of year event. Together they won the title in Paris and the indoor tournaments in New York and Antwerp, at the US Open they reached the semi-finals. Davis Cup team boss Michael Kohlmann nominated the duo for the final tournament in Madrid (18 to 24 November).
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