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Boris Becker visited the Erste Bank Open on Tuesday. In addition to his appearance at the business event “Fifteen Seconds Sports” and an entertaining conversation with Thomas Muster as part of “Tom’s Talk,” the 1996 Vienna winner also commented on current tennis topics at a press conference. The three-time Wimbledon champion about…
… the Erste Bank Open: It’s a high-ranking tournament, I have good memories of it myself. After a serious injury, I was able to win it in 1996. The date is ideal, many want a good end to the year, and for the top players it’s still about taking part in the ATP finals.
…Dominic Thiem: Physically he’s completely okay again. But he had a serious injury and a long comeback. If the attitude is right, if he knows what he has to change, he will be his old self again. Alexander Zverev also had a serious injury and came back. Even if the return was torture at the beginning. Now he has almost certainly qualified for the ATP finals again. If the passion and attitude are right, Thiem can return there too.
…whether a “super coach” can help the Lower Austrian: You have to define what a super coach is. If it’s someone who has many years of experience, then it can’t be a disadvantage. There are many examples, like Juan Carlos Ferrero training Carlos Alcaraz.
…whether the young players can win 20 Grand Slams or more like the big three: What Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have achieved is extraordinary. They were and are ambassadors for tennis; they caused a tennis boom. This didn’t exist in our time either, when the best players had 6 to 14 titles. That was really great. But the three beat everything.
… Novak Djokovic and a possible continuation of the collection of titles at majors: That just depends on whether the competition allows it. It is clear that Djokovic is no longer quite as good at 36 as he was at 26. The opponents are in demand – if you let him, Novak will win ten more Grand Slam tournaments.
… the fact that Carlos Alcaraz hasn’t won a tournament since Wimbledon: everyone is looking for ways to beat him. The locker room doesn’t sleep.
… his new protégé Holger Rune: It’s an exciting task because it’s also an exciting time. But a lot of young players come to me just to get tips. If he can put his emotions into positive use, nothing will stand in his way.
Home victory for Thomas Muster and Lucas Miedler at the Grand Slam of Cooking
The tennis aces Frances Tiafoe, Tommy Paul and other stars of the Erste Bank Open, together with tournament ambassador Thomas Muster, dueled for the title at the Grand Slam of Cooking on Monday evening at Plachutta in Wollzeile.
This year, the focus of this event, which has now become a tradition as part of the Erste Bank Open, was a complete menu from Viennese cuisine: Wiener Schnitzel, Tafelspitz, pancakes and Kaiserschmarrn were the ingredients that were waiting for the tennis stars in the kitchen. In addition to tournament ambassador Thomas Muster, Frances Tiafoe, Tommy Paul, Alexander Erler, Lucas Miedler, Philipp Oswald and Alexei Popyrin also tried out the wooden spoons.
The stars’ cooking skills were assessed by the Plachutta experts. After an initial award of points, Thomas Muster and Tommy Paul qualified for the big “finale”. The two quickly changed the rules and each got a helper at their side. In Thomas Muster’s case it was Lucas Miedler, Tommy Paul trusted the cooking skills of Frances Tiafoe. The final was about turning a pancake in the air with a perfect throw. In the end, the local heroes Muster and Miedler celebrated a home win thanks to their fine “throwing technique”.
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Erste Bank Open 2023
24.10.2023
2023-10-24 15:34:54
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