Generali Open 2022: The latecomers and the weather gods
Today is the second day of the Generali Open 2022 (from 11 a.m. live on ServusTV). The program is even denser than on Kids Day. And could be designed flexibly - except for a match...
by Jens Huiber
last edit: Jul 26, 2022, 06:51 am
A stroll through the Kitzbühel Tennis Club facility on a Monday evening can leave quite a lasting impression. As if there were...
... Dominic Thiem 's training on the Grand Stand, which is only no longer the big attraction of the day because most of the young fans who attended the Generali Open on Kids Day are already on their way home. Thiem practices with coach Nicolas Massu, well-meaning voices claim that the Chilean Olympic champion in singles and doubles from 2004 is getting closer to his best form. You can rightly say that about Thiem, the first test is tonight against Alexander Shevchenko (from 7:30 p.m. live on ServusTV and in our ticker).
… Speaking of Shevchenko: His coach Günter Bresnik, who is known to be familiar with the Thiem matter, once again showed a few minutes before his ex-protégé's training session that there is no unsuitable weather, but in the worst case unsuitable clothing. Blazing sun over the grandstand? Bah. Bresnik took precautions in the usual manner when observing the double defeat of Lukas Neumayer with Sebastian Ofner against the top seeded duo Tim Pütz and Michael Venus. The legendary coach was already wearing a bucket hat before it was fashionable (again).
... Directly opposite, two men with a glorious Kitzbühel past also showed up. Two men who have come together to form a powerful doubles: Philipp Oswald, doubles champion of 2019, and Robin Haase, who won the singles here in 2011 and 2012. The defeat in the final in Gstaad hurts, Oswald said, after all it was the first together with Haase. On the other hand, the balance of the two is a tournament victory and a final participation in a total of two tournaments. And the task in Kitzbühel has become much easier after the cancellation of the first round opponents Rohan Bopanna and Matwe Middelkoop.
... A double that you should definitely have on your list of winners is of course the successful German couple Andreas Mies and Kevin Krawietz. Those who came to Kitzbühel quite late with their coach Lukas Wolf only check in with the tournament management on Monday evening. And are already in demand this Tuesday from 12 noon.
...if the weather cooperates. With which no man knows better than tournament director Alex Antonitsch. The legendary ORF weatherman Carl-Michael Belcredi looks to Antonitsch like a geography student in the first semester compared to the Carinthian professor emeritus. If one thing is certain, according to the tournament boss, it is the fact that Dominic Thiem and Alexander Shevchenko will arrive on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. #word
Here is the individual tableau in Kitzbühel
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