TC BW Neuss drives confidently to the imperial city of Aachen

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TC BW Neuss: One heart and one soul

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Fully on the ball: Frenchman Geoffrey Blancaneaux made a convincing debut in front of his home crowd. Photo: Woitschützke
Photo: Andreas Woitschützke

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Neuss Although still without a win after three matchdays, the Bundesliga tennis club travels confidently from Jahnstrasse to Aachen on Sunday. The strong performances against Mannheim and Großhesselohe created a good mood.

Abraam Savvidis is honest. After the two draws last weekend in front of a home crowd against the reigning German champions TK GW Mannheim and TC Großhesselohe, who have been promoted again this season, there were moments “when you thought, crap, we should have won these games”, admits the chairman of the tennis national league club TC BW Neuss.

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After winning the first set, Czech Zdenek Kolar, who works for Blau-Weiss, had the opportunity to give the home side a 3-1 lead in the second round against Mannheim’s Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero bring. And against Großhesselohe, the Italian Thomas Fabbiano even had a match point in a duel with Jan-Lennard Struff on his own serve to make it 3-1 in the overall result. The fact that both individuals were lost in the end only grieved the hosts for a short time. With some distance, the outstanding performance in particular stuck in the memory. “Mannheim and Großhesselohe are particularly good after all,” emphasized Savvidis, “so it shouldn’t have been a surprise if we didn’t get a point at all.”

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In addition to Botic van de Zandschulp, who defeated Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo (39th in the world rankings) in two sets on ash on his debut season despite the extremely difficult change from grass – in Wimbledon the Dutchman was eliminated by Rafael Nadal in the round of 16 – he had it The Frenchman Geoffrey Blancaneaux was particularly impressed by the chairmen. “He played like a rocket and fits us like a glove.” Against Großhesselohe, the 23-year-old not only easily dispatched Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak in two sets, but also supported his new team-mates on the sidelines. It is precisely this spirit that Savvidis wants to see. “The team is one heart and one soul!”

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Exceptional commitment should also be necessary on Sunday (from 11 a.m.) when it comes to the Kurgarten on Monheimsallee against TK Kurhaus Aachen. After the first three games against Bredeney (3:3), Krefeld (3:3) and Rosenheim (2:4), the five-time German champion (last in 2013) has the same record as the Neuss team with 2:4 points, is staffed again great. For the doubles in particular, the team from the imperial city in Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Hugo Nys were able to sign world-class professionals. Although Herbert injured his ankle badly before the season started and the number 1, the Bolivian Hugo Dellien, is not available for the time being after suffering a wrist injury at Wimbledon, it obviously doesn’t cost team boss Alexander Legsding any great effort Assemble a powerful team over the weekend. In the home game against Bredeney, Quentin Halys, Carlos Taberner, Yannick Hanfmann and Pablo Cuevas were four former and current players from the top 100 players in the world rankings.

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For Savvidis only confirmation that the competition in the upper house is financially better positioned than blue and white. He has heard that the potent newcomer TC Bredeney “spends more than one million euros a year on tennis in total.” In the meantime, he is even certain: “There is no club in the league that has a smaller budget than we do. “Of course, he sees no reason to complain. “We are currently satisfied with our situation. We also go into the game against Aachen with confidence. The good atmosphere in the team makes you want more.”

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