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Red Bull BassLine: Good sport with special acoustic features

The appetizer for the Erste Bank Open 2021 on Friday evening in Vienna was enjoyed by the spectators and observers. A few thoughts on the “Red Bull BassLine”, an event that was held in the temporary hall at the Vienna Ice Skating Club.

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Stefanos Tsitsipas - tennis professional and innovator
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Stefanos Tsitsipas - tennis professional and innovator

We have already seen a tiebreak tens tournament, back then in the town hall with an equally prominent cast. If you go after the purely sporting value, then the "Red Bull BassLine" is on Friday evening. Because with only one tiebreak, even if up to ten, a false start is almost impossible to eradicate. Slow starters get another chance in the best-of-three format.
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Stefanos Tsitsipas , on whose idea the mini-tournament is based, does not always have the exact score ready. More than once it happened to the Greek during his three games that he missed the break. What has happened to Tsitsipas now and then on the ATP tour. On the other hand, older sports fans will remember the 1991 Geneva final. Thomas Muster was so trapped in his tunnel that the Styrian wanted to continue playing after the (won) match point against Horst Skoff. Something like that is still pending with Stefanos Tsitsipas. Just like a win against Carlos Alcaraz: As at the US Open, the young sanator prevailed against Tsitsipas in Vienna. With significantly lower stakes, of course.

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Oct 23, 2021, 11:30 am
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