DTB German Pro Series: All information about the start on Tuesday
Finally professional tennis again: Only four more sleeps, then the "DTB German Pro Series" tournament series organized by the German Tennis Association together with dedicated organizers at eleven locations starts with the men's preliminary round.
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last edit: Jun 05, 2020, 02:47 pm
The games of the "Tannenhof Resort German Men's Series" will start next Tuesday at the locations in Neuss and Großhesselohe. The group games in Troisdorf and Überlingen start on Thursday. In total, 32 players in eight groups duel on four consecutive game days to move on to the intermediate round, which will take place from 23-26. June will be held at different locations.
Difficult group for Jan-Lennard Struff
The schedule promises exciting matches right at the start, for example top seed Jan-Lennard Struff (ATP 34) in Neuss will meet youngster Benito Sanchez-Martinez (ITF Juniors 114) first, then Peter Heller (ATP 408) and Mats Moraing ( ATP 263), followed by group placement games. “In the past few weeks, I have trained at the federal base in Kamen and been able to play a little tennis. However, the training is very different from a real match and that's why I'm all the more pleased that the Tannenhof Resort German Men's Series is finally starting. The tournament series offers many German players the opportunity to play matches again. I am happy that the competition will start again, ”says Struff.
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (ATP 133), Peter Gojowczyk (ATP 125), Kevin Krawietz (ATP single 626, ATP double 13) and Daniel Masur (ATP 250) are four other players with Davis Cup experience. There are also young professionals like Daniel Altmaier (ATP 219) or Maximilian Marterer (ATP 376) and top German talents like Milan Welte (ATP 920), Max Wiskandt (ITF
Juniors 64) or Mika Lipp (ITF Juniors 100). Dominik Koepfer, who was originally number two, had to cancel his participation due to injury.
Siegemund wants to quickly find its way back into tournament mode
In the women's field with 24 participants, the preliminary round will be played in six groups at the three locations in Darmstadt, Versmold and at the DTB federal base in Stuttgart. The best twelve qualify for the intermediate round from June 30 to July 3, which will be held at three locations. The women 's list also includes sonorous names. For example, three players from the Fed Cup team, Porsche Team Germany, are competing in the "German Ladies' Series presented by Porsche". Mona Barthel (WTA 214), Anna-Lena Friedsam (WTA 106) and top favorite Laura Siegemund (WTA 65) form the top of the list of participants.
“I have been in Florida for the past few months and have kept myself fit there, even if the training was not so easy without a set goal in mind. That's why I'm now all the more looking forward to the tournament series and the preliminary round in my Swabian homeland, ”says Laura Siegemund. “I'm really excited to see how quickly I can get back into tournament mode. In any case, it is a good preparation for the day when I hope that the WTA Tour will start again. ”The top seed starts the tournament against Australian Junior Open semi-finalist Alexandra Vecic (ITF Juniors 15), then she has it with her Laura Schaeder (WTA 511) and the former world ranking 48. Carina Witthöft to do that, after a long break, for the first time at a tournament of professionals.
In addition to other well-established players such as Tamara Korpatsch (WTA 111), there are also 11 young talents from the Porsche Talent Team and the Porsche Junior Team who want to prove themselves. In addition to Alexandra Vecic, this also includes Katharina Gerlach (WTA 238), Jule Niemeier (WTA 301), Eva Lys (WTA 589) and Mara Guth (ITF Juniors 56).
Tennis Channel Germany streams all matches live
The matches of the men and women will all be shown live and on demand at Tennis Channel Germany, the official and exclusive television and streaming partner of the tournament series. "We will produce first-class pictures of exciting matches and offer high quality live sports to German fans," said Andy Reif, Senior Vice President Digital Media at Tennis Channel International. "Expanding the cooperation with the German Tennis Association by broadcasting the DTB German Pro Series, the current tennis highlight in Germany, is a new and exciting task for both sides and we are really looking forward to working together!"
With the code "DTB2FREE" tennis fans can test the Tennis Channel free of charge for two months at www.tennischannel.com, the monthly fee to be paid afterwards is EUR 2.49. With an annual membership you get a 20% discount with the code "DTB20" and pay 19.99 euros instead of 24.99 euros.
“The tournament series is the first major joint project with our new partner Tennis Channel Germany. We have all waited a long time to finally see live tennis again and are therefore very happy that we can offer German tennis fans a comprehensive broadcast of the matches, ”said DTB President Ulrich Klaus. "But I would also like to thank our other partners of the DTB German Pro Series for their commitment, which cannot be taken for granted in these times and shows the solidarity of the German tennis family."
Own hygiene concept developed for locations
In addition to the Tannenhof Resort and Porsche, which act as title and presenting partners for the men's and women's series, four other companies from the circle of association partners support the tournament series. As event partner and official supplier, Orthomol provides the participants with products from its Orthomol Sport range, Wilson presents the official DTB Tour 2.0 game ball, Head equips the referees and head referees, and Sebamed supplies the locations with its hygiene and care products.
To ensure that the players and all those involved get through the tournament safely and safely, the German Tennis Association and Apa have developed a hygiene concept tailored specifically to the DTB German Pro Series. This was made available to the local organizers and serves as support for the Corona-compliant implementation of the tournament at the various locations in close coordination with the local authorities.