tennis
Altmaier wins at US Open in the marathon match
Like Jan-Lennard Struff, Daniel Altmaier is in the second round of the US Open. The Davis Cup player needed a effort.
Thanks to a success in a five-set thriller, tennis professional Daniel Altmaier has reached the second round at the US Open. The 26-year-old Davis Cup player rank Hamad Medjedovic from Serbia in a closely competitive duel with 7: 5, 6: 7 (3: 7), 7: 6 (9: 7), 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 4. Altmaier only decided the game after 4:46 hours.
One key was that Altmaier prevailed in the third set in the Tiebreak despite a deficit. Medjedovic then chopped off his racket. In the fifth set, Altmaier managed the decisive break to 3: 2.
As the second German participant in the men’s singles to Jan-Lennard Struff, the Kempener made the leap into round two. There the French Open round of dulle is facing an attractive duel with the former Greek top ten player Stefanos Tsitsipas.
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Source: Stern
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