Bärenstarker Alund HTC leads to second win - RP ONLINE

OF OLIVER Schaulandt – last updated: 22/07/2013

With his surprisingly strong two-set victory over former German Davis Cup player Benjamin Becker Krefeld Argentines Alund succeeded the point at 2-2 after the singles from Mannheim. Photo: lothar Strücken

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League (RP) Tennis: With the 4-2 victory in Mannheim makes the HTC Blue-White Krefeld another step to stay in the Bundesliga .

The HTC Blue-White Krefeld celebrated his second victory of the season in the Bundesliga tennis yesterday. In Mannheim, the Merkel proteges won 4-2. After the singles had been 2:2. Thus, Krefeld and Neuss moved to Mannheim past and is now in sixth.

At the beginning of the individual, it initially looked not good for the HTC Blue-White. Mannheim’s Bjorn Phau was playing for the Krefeld Italian Renzo Olivo, who had retracted two victories on Friday, little chance at 6:2, 6:4. And the Austrians Gerald Melzer won against Krefeld Gianessi Alessandro (Italy) during its debut Krefeld in straight passes. But then started blue-white in person by Pablo Gablon to catch up. The Spaniard struggled in fourth Martin Fischer fought in two sets 7:5, 7:6 down and struggled in the second set even two set points against him from.

the top single, meanwhile, struck the hour of Alund, which is difficult enough on Friday to get into the game and had lost his singles. The Argentine in Krefeld services had to do it against the former Davis Cup player Benjamin Becker, who is out in the world rankings ranked 99th For the German had made headlines in 2006. At the time, he played at the U.S. Open, met a certain Andre Agassi – and defeating today’s most successful husband of Germany’s best tennis player, Steffi Graf, in four sets. Not, however, due to the defeat, but it was the Americans from Las Vegas made known prior to the start of the tournament

– Agassi ended his career after the game.

Anyway: Alund, which is classified eleven ranks lower than his opponent, was full there from the start and delivered in the first round a hard battle with Becker, but sat at the end of 7:5 by . By winning the first set of Becker’s resistance seemed broken. Alund moved to 5-2 of them, Becker had charge – and gave the game even from zero. That meant the point for 2-2 draw after the singles, and for blue-white everything was there.

Krefeld team boss Olaf Merkel decided to forego the double and put it on Gianessi with Antal van der Duim not only rested players, but also a specialist at the side of Martin Alund in the top doubles match against Phau / Stadler. Mannheim sat on the second double, so it got to do Renzo Olivo and Pablo Galdon with Martin Fischer and Marc Lopez – The latter is the number four in the double world rankings, one of Spain’s Davis Cup team and won too junior times Paris the doubles title at the French Open.

Both matches went tight. Van der Duim Alund and managed in the first set with a 4-3 lead the break and took the set 6-3. Olivo and Galdon however gave up the first round with 5:7. Krefeld and double top put on and also won the second set. Thus, it was already clear that at least one meter would jump out. Olivo and Galdon drove home set two, so the decision about the overall victory in the Champions tiebreak had to fall. Which developed into a thriller. Krefeld moved to 7:5 which then led Mannheim 8-7 before the two blue-white with three points to victory, and that the second season success made in series.