HTC Blau-Weiß Krefeld in the Isar valley only outsiders

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HTC blue and white in the Isar valley only outsiders

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The Norwegian Viktor Durasovic celebrates his Bundesliga debut for the blue-whites on Friday.
Photo: imago images / Bildbyran / MATHILDA AHLBERG via www.imago-images.de

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Krefeld The Krefeld tennis Bundesliga team will have to rely on a B team again on Friday in the away game at TC Großhesselohe. Personnel planning remains difficult due to the corona pandemic. The first home game on Sunday from 11 a.m.

As a blatant outsider, tennis Bundesliga team HTC Blau-Weiß Krefeld will compete at the TC Großhesselohe on Friday from 1 p.m. in front of the gates of Munich. Because like last Sunday in the 1: 5 defeat against the Gladbach HTC, only one B-team is available. All efforts to have one of the four top players failed for various reasons. But the other nine clubs are also suffering from the adverse circumstances associated with the corona pandemic in their personnel planning.

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Even if the opponent has returned from the suburb of Pullach in the Isar valley as a climber to the upper house, where he was German runner-up in 1986 and 87, he is one of the title contenders alongside Grün-Weiß Mannheim. Because on paper, Germany’s number 2 Jan-Lennard Struff leads the strong line-up.

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The top five alone are among the top 100 in the ATP rankings. Another five players, including Philipp Kohlschreiber, are among the top 200. Nevertheless, the top Bavarian club also felt the problems caused by Corona and, in addition to Struff, was only able to offer players from the back rows on Sunday. Nevertheless, the 2-4 home defeat against Blau-Weiß Neuss was the first big surprise of the season.

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The Italian Andrea Collarini, actually only number nine of the team, contests the top individual of the day for the Krefeld team on the large course in the Isar valley. In third place, the Norwegian Viktor Durasovic makes his Bundesliga debut for the blue-whites. The 24-year-old is currently only 335th in the world rankings. The second individual is contested by the Italian Andrea Arnaboldi. In fourth place is newcomer Tom Schönenberg, who had to admit defeat to the Dutchman Robin Haase in the match tie-break last Sunday. There might be a reunion Friday with the former blue-white Jürgen Melzer. The 17-time ATP double tournament winner (ATP double 21) from Austria actually did not want to play in the Bundesliga anymore, but could not resist the financially lucrative offer from TC Großhesselohe.

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Who will serve in the first home game of the season on Sunday (from 11 a.m.) on Hüttenallee for the blue-whites against the old Lower Rhine rivals Neuss was not yet certain on Thursday. Team boss Hajo Ploenes hopes that one or the other top player in the squad will be available. Because in the event of a defeat, the fight against relegation would begin for the HTC. And the guests have not been underestimated since Sunday at the latest.

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HTC also wants to compete with the best possible line-up for its own fans. Even if the incidence value in the silk city is now above 10 again, the number of viewers who must be vaccinated, tested or recovered is not limited. According to the Corona regulation of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, this is only the case if the value is above 10 for eight days.

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