Mercedes Gleich Open – Excessive degree sport – Numerous spectators

Hünfeld (rg) – The twenty eighth version of the Hünfeld tennis match, held because the Mercedes Gleich Open, was additionally a spotlight of the East Hesse match calendar. Excessive-level sports activities and lots of spectators made the organizers of the occasion, which acquired 6,000 euros in prize cash, gentle up their eyes.

“We’re very pleased, we had nice climate on Sunday and there have been greater than 150 spectators,” stated match co-organizer Lukas Münkel. East Hesse’s tennis craze was what was lacking on the ultimate day of the Final yr, Benedikt Henning from Unhealthy Hersfeld shone with good performances and participation within the closing. This time the resident of Lullusstadt was the final native consultant dropped out on Saturday afternoon. After heavy rain, the courts had been slippery and the 17-year-old gave up with a rating of 0:2 towards Laurens Harnoth Manrubia from Frankfurt. He had already received with out him battle. And since his opponent within the semi-final Adrian Miletich Sardi didn’t seem within the semi-final both, Harnoth Manrubia immediately discovered himself within the closing. There he had no probability confronted Michel Hopp from TC Ruhla and misplaced 2:6 and 1:6.

Hünfeld’s native hero Alexander Körbel misplaced within the first spherical to Nikolas Richter from Göttingen 3:6 and 1:6. Leopold Inventory from Petersberg, who is just 15 years outdated, met the highest seed Ivan Nedellko from Metzingen after a bye and misplaced 4:6, 0:6. The quantity 47 within the German rating was then surprisingly eradicated within the quarterfinals towards Miletich Sardi with 5:7, 6:3 and seven:10 within the tiebreak of the champions.

The ladies’s closing, like the boys’s closing, was a transparent affair. 16-year-old Anastasija Majic of Eintracht Frankfurt received 6-0, 6-1 towards high seed Clara-Marie Schön of Dresden. There have been no East Hesse gamers initially.