Jan Marek from the Chemnitz tennis club Küchwald won the men’s 30th World Championship of the World Tennis Federation (ITF) in Umag, Croatia.
Chemnitz – The city Chemnitz has a world champion – and nobody noticed! Jan Marek (33) from Chemnitzer Küchwald tennis club (CTC) has been the world’s best young senior tennis player since the weekend.
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Jan Marek (33), who plays for the Chemnitz Tennis Club Küchwald (CTC), is the new tennis world champion for young seniors, men 30. © Peggy Schellenberger
Completely surprisingly, the Czech won the men’s 30th category at the World Tennis Federation (ITF) in Umag, Croatia.
CTC chairman Milan Vondráček (50) was enthusiastic: “Jan has already won against former tennis professionals. But that he succeeds in such a success at his first World Cup is really very surprising.”
Jan Marek has been playing for the community of CTC and the Freiberg hockey and tennis club in the Regionalliga Süd-Ost for two years. After all, third tennis league. The Czech is the top player in the club.
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Internationally, however, the athlete who served Chemnitz was previously unknown – years ago he was once on position 744 in the tennis world rankings.
Now the performance explosion among the young seniors: Jan Marek, who lives in Chomutov, clearly defeated last year’s European champion Jens Janssen (37) from Krefeld 6: 2, 6: 1 in Croatia. Before that, in the semifinals, he had swept the top 30 player in the world rankings Roger Ordeig from Spain 6-0, 6-0.
“I’m in very good shape and my serve with up to 195 km / h helped me a lot,” said the new world champion verbally.
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At the Young Seniors World Cup, he was only eliminated in doubles in the semi-finals.
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