Australian Open: Krawietz and Mies eliminated, Pütz continued without a fight
Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies clearly failed in the round of 16 at the Australian Open. On the other hand, Tim Pütz with his New Zealand partner MIchael Venus is next.
by SID
last edit: Jan 23, 2022, 05:14 am
Disappointment for the successful Kevin Krawietz/Andreas Mies doubles in Melbourne: The two-time French Open winners clearly missed the quarter-finals at the Australian Open. Krawietz/Mies lost 6-1, 6-2 in just 65 minutes to fifth-placed Australian-Slovakian team John Peers/Filip Polasek on Sunday.
Krawietz and Mies, who were seeded at twelve, competed together in a Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne for the first time since winning the title in Roland Garros in 2020. The "KraMies" celebrated their comeback after more than a year last week at the ATP tournament in Sydney, where they reached the semifinals.
Pütz and Venus in the quarterfinals
At the beginning of last year, Mies had to undergo cartilage surgery on his knee, which resulted in a long break. In the meantime, Krawietz played successfully with the Romanian Horia Tecau and qualified for the ATP Finals with his partner.
In Melbourne, the tennis professionals had only competed together in 2020 and failed in the first round, now it was over in the round of 16. This means that there is only one German professional in the men's doubles competition in Frankfurt's Tim Pütz. The 34-year-old is in the quarter-finals with New Zealand's Michael Venus after Australia's Christopher O'Connell/Jason Kubler retired.
Here the double tableau in Melbourne
laver arena