Davis Cup: "Give me your shovel, please" - Tim Pütz makes Spanish fans happy
At Kevin Krawietz's side, Tim Pütz not only got the honor point for Germany against Russia, but also made a small Spanish fan happy.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Dec 04, 2021, 07:42 pm
Against Aslan Karatsev and Karen Khachanov # KraPütz won 4: 6, 6: 3 and 6: 4 - and ensured a conciliatory 1: 2 in the duel against Russia. Before that, Dominik Koepfer had no chance against Andrey Rublev, then Jan-Lennard Struff lost against Daniil Medvedev , the game was already lost.
Defeat or not: Germany's performance in general was strong with the semi-finals, Tim Pütz in particular won the hearts of the Spanish fans. Because above all, he made the heart of a young fan happy: He wanted to avoid a possible scramble early after the match and asked Pütz for his racket during the game. And thanks to modern technology: He was holding out his cell phone to Pütz, where he had his request translated via Google Translate. "Please give me your shovel when you have finished the game" was written there, and Pütz grinned and gave his approval. To the great delight of the Spanish fan.
As Michael Kohlmann then confirmed at the press conference, Pütz has kept his promise.
Tim Pütz with the most successful year of his career
An extremely successful year comes to an end for the 34-year-old with his last game of the season: In mid-November, Pütz reached his highest world ranking position in doubles in 17th place, and is currently in 18th place. There are also four titles, in Estoril, Lyon, Hamburg and at the Masters tournament in Paris. At the beginning of the year it was still listed at number 61.
And in the Davis Cup, too, Pütz kept his sparkling white vest: against Russia, he won his eighth match in the eighth game in the dress for the DTB at the traditional competition.
One can only say about everything: Great thing, Mr. Pütz!
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