Michael Kohlmann - "Struffi and Kohli will bring the new ones along"
Germany goes with Jan-Lennard Struff, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Dominik Koepfer, Andrea Mies and Kevin Krawietz in the Davis Cup final tournament in Madrid. Team principal Michael Kohlmann is confident.
by Jens Huiber
last edit: Oct 22, 2019, 12:39 pm
Michael Kohlmann simply did not make it with his lineup of the German Davis Cup team for the first final tournament in the history of the most traditional team competition in tennis: It has long been clear that Alexander Zverev will not compete for the German selection. "Sascha said that from the beginning and was there, he also remained consistent," Kohlmann told tennisnet. Difficult he was especially the nomination in the double fell.
"At Krawietz and Mies and Pütz it was a close decision: Some of them played a great season with the Grand Slam victory in Paris and the semi-finals at the US Open," said Kohlmann. "And now also two ATP titles. Tim, on the other hand, played four times in the Davis Cup. And won four times. Since you can not fix this decision on one thing. Of course, play in that Struffi still plays single. And in the new format now after his single would have had a 20 minute break and then would have to play doubles. "
Dominik Koepfer brings a new element
Michael Kohlmann is not worried about the hierarchies in the team. "Struffi is an absolute leader, but of course that also applies to Philipp Kohlschreiber. The two have been almost always in recent years, on Jan-Lennard and Philip, I could always leave one hundred percent. And they are now responsible for bringing the three new ones along. And I'm sure they'll do a great job. "
Still remains Dominik Koepfer, who has established himself in the past few months as a valid candidate for a place in the German national team. "Dominic has played a very good half-year since Wimbledon. And especially convinced me at the US Open. Dominic is certainly someone who can give us an upside. In general, I am very confident that we will survive our group. "