Davis Cup: Alexander Zverev in the second match against Stan Wawrinka
Alexander Zverev will play the second encounter on Friday from 5 p.m. at the Davis Cup meeting between Germany and Switzerland against Stan Wawrinka . That was the result of the draw in the Arena Trier. The Tennis Channel streams the game live.
by Jens Huiber
last edit: Feb 02, 2023, 01:20 pm
By Jens Huiber from Trier
Not everything is bad about professional football, but many things are bigger, almost too big. Anyone who thinks of the pompous draw ceremonies before each individual Champions League round should be told: This is where football could learn from tennis. Especially from the procedure that happened on Thursday around noon in the Arena Trier. Two pots, the most important protagonists, and zack zack zack.
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Good: The potential for surprises was relatively small, so the two best-ranked players (Alexander Zverev and Marc-Andrea Huesler) play against the respective number two (Oscar Otte and Stan Wawrinka) on the first day. Only the order of the matches was determined. And it showed that Otte will open against Huesler from 5 p.m., Zverev followed against Wawrinka.
Zverev has always been victorious against Wawrinka
In a direct comparison with the three-time Grand Slam champion from Switzerland, Zverev leads 4-0, the last meeting was in Paris-Bercy in 2020. Otte and Huesler have never played against each other.
At most, there was a little tension when filling the federal doubles, Severin Lüthi brought five single artists to Trier. The provisional choice has fallen on Alexander Ritschard and Leandro Riedi, we will see if this is still the case on Saturday. As expected, Germany will compete with Andreas Mies and Tim Pütz.
The framework is for this neighborhood meeting, those who decide spontaneously should act quickly: because if you want to watch the duel of the individual Olympic champion from 2021 with the gold medal winner in doubles from 2008 live, there are only a few remaining tickets left. At least that's a parallel to football.