Davis Cup: Austria starts against Serbia, second match against Germany
The Austrian Davis Cup team will face Serbia in its first group game as part of the final tournament on Friday, November 26, 2021, starting at 4 p.m. in Innsbruck's Olympiaworld. On Sunday, November 28th, 2021, the legendary Davis Cup duel with Germany in 1994 will take place in Unterpremstätten.
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last edit: May 18, 2021, 12:24 pm
The schedule for the Davis Cup final tournaments, which will be played in Madrid, Innsbruck and Turin at the end of November this year, was published on Tuesday. The country matches of two groups of three take place at all three locations, whereby the list of participants in Austria is certainly the strongest and most attractive. In Innsbruck and Turin, the group winners there will also contest a quarter-finals. The two other quarter-finals with the group winners from Madrid and the two best runners-up as well as the semi-finals and the final will all take place in the Spanish capital.
The Davis Cup highlight will open in Innsbruck on Thursday, November 25th, 2021, with the Group C duel between France and the Czech Republic. The next day, things get serious for the red-white-red team - in the opening game of Group F on Friday, November 26, 2021, the Serbs, led by world number one Novak Djokovic, are Austria's opponents. On Sunday, November 28th, 2021, the team of ÖTV captain Stefan Koubek will collide with Germany in a prestigious showdown - and there is no question that memories of the Davis Cup thriller 1994 in Unterpremstätten will be awakened again the guests from Germany won 3-2 in the end. Despite the defeat, the legendary exchange of blows between Thomas Muster and Michael Stich, in which the Styrian triumphed 12:10 in the fifth set after 5:24 hours, is unforgettable for the Austrian tennis fans.
Ticker sales start at the end of May
“Both countries have great teams, and both have top-class players in their ranks. We can look forward to two special country matches in a heated Davis Cup atmosphere. I think we have a good chance of reaching the quarter-finals, not least thanks to the support of our great fans, ”emphasizes Stefan Koubek.
“It is very gratifying that there is already a great demand for tickets for the Davis Cup games in Innsbruck before the official advance sales start - and not only in Austria, but also in the countries that are in Tyrol to make it into the finals Phase of this year's competition. As far as the audience capacity in Olympiaworld is concerned, we cannot make a final statement at this point in time. However, we are confident that the corona situation will continue to relax by the end of November and that Innsbruck will be the scene of a great tennis festival. Ticket sales will start at the end of May, reservations are now possible, ”explains Herwig Straka, CEO of the e | motion group, which organizes the Davis Cup spectacle in the Tyrolean capital.
DAVIS CUP BY RAKUTEN (INNSBRUCK):
Group C: France, Great Britain, Czech Republic
Group F: Serbia, Germany, Austria
GAME SCHEDULE:
Thursday, November 25th 2021:
4 p.m .: France - Czech Republic
Friday, November 26th 2021:
4 p.m .: Serbia - Austria
Saturday, November 27th 2021:
10 a.m .: France - Great Britain
4 p.m .: Serbia - Germany
Sunday, November 28th 2021:
10 a.m .: Great Britain - Czech Republic
4 p.m .: Germany - Austria
Tuesday, November 30th 2021:
4 p.m .: Winner Group C - Winner Group F