French Open: Jan-Lennard Struff with the chance to meet the king
Jan-Lennard Struff wants to reach his first Grand Slam quarter-finals in Paris. Rafael Nadal would probably be waiting there.
by SID / red
last edit: Jun 06, 2021, 09:21 pm
Jan-Lennard Struff senses the great opportunity for a real milestone in his career. "Of course I want to reach the quarter-finals, of course I want to play against Rafa," said "Struffi" with determination. The down-to-earth Warsteiner wants to be among the last eight in a Grand Slam tournament in Paris for the first time.
This goal is within reach for the 31-year-old and thus possibly a globally recognized duel with the clay court king Rafael Nadal. Struff and his trainer Carsten Arriens have been working for such matches in the spotlight for a long time, in the tricky round of 16 against the Argentinian Diego Schwartzman, number two in the German rankings wants to be on Monday afternoon (from around 1 p.m. / live in Germany on ServusTV and Eurosport and in our live ticker ) be sure to take the next step. Nadal, on the other hand, has a tricky task with Jannik Sinner himself on Monday.
Struff eliminated in doubles
For Struff, however, this did not mean that he only had a good breakfast on Sunday, put his legs up and in the evening relaxed from the hotel couch to watch Alexander Zverev's match on TV. Rather, he threw himself into the action on the red ashes, because the family man and his partner Robin Haase from the Netherlands were also aiming for the round of the last eight in doubles, but narrowly lost to the French top pairing Pierre-Hugues Herbert on late Sunday afternoon and Nicolas Mahut ..
Only then did he pay undisturbed attention to the clay court specialist Schwartzman, who on Saturday ended the run of veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber (Augsburg) in three sets. "Diego is a very tough player. I have to stick to my aggressive style of play," said Struff, who was the only German professional to make it into the round of 16 alongside Zverev, who was called for in the night session against Kei Nishikori on Sunday evening.
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