ATP challenger: Marc-Andrea Huesler wins in Ismaning
Despite the corona crisis, tennis is currently booming in Germany. Three international tournaments took place last week, held at all different professional levels in the men's area and distributed throughout almost the entire country. In addition to the 14-day ATP 250 event in Cologne's Lanxess Arena, the fourth edition of the Wolffkran Open was held in Ismaning, Bavaria, as part of the ATP Challenger Tour. In addition, the Hamburg Tennis Association organized the ITF Future North endowed with 25,000 US dollars.
by Jens Huiber
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Oct 26, 2020, 08:58 am
From Florian Heer from Ismaning
While Alexander Zverev triumphed twice within 14 days in the cathedral city, Marc-Andrea Huesler was able to continue his strong form since the restart of the tour in Ismaning. In the final on Sunday, the 24-year-old Swiss Botic van den Zandschulp from the Netherlands defeated 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2), 7-5.
Huesler was already behind with a set and a break, but showed the best fighting qualities to sink onto the carpet with joy after a match point and a playing time of two hours and 17 minutes.
"I am very happy to have finished this week successfully," said the number 187 in the ATP world rankings with satisfaction. “In the course of the tournament week I had good matches and also close games where I had more trouble. In the final it was very difficult to score points in his service games. That's why I first concentrated on my own service. In the course of the match, I was able to increase my level a little after the setback and ultimately win ”.
Huesler full of self-confidence
It was Huesler's third title win on the ATP Challenger Tour, after Sibiu in Romania a good month ago, his second this season. The native of Zurich was also able to record his first respectable success at ATP level. “With the semi-finals in Kitzbühel, I learned that I can beat any player. I was able to gain a lot of self-confidence and hope to be able to continue to benefit from this in the next tournaments. "
Huesler, who bagged 6,190 euros in prize money and 80 ATP world ranking points on the right bank of the Isar, will stay in Germany for at least another week and start at the Tennis Challenger in Hamburg.
Zuk wins Future Nord
This will be held in the hall of the Hamburg Tennis Association. In the previous week the champion of the ITF Future North was crowned at the same place with the Poland Kacper Zuk. The number two of the ITF World Tennis Tour M25 tournament defeated the two-time Junior Grand Slam winner Chun Hsin Tseng from Taiwan 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the final on Saturday.
“It was a good match. We both know each other very well, as we competed in doubles together at the previous week's tournament. I knew it was going to be tough. But I served well and was able to take his serve from him in the ninth game of the first set. I continued to play solidly, especially in the tie-breaker, and I'm happy to leave the field as the winner in the end, ”said Zuk, commenting on the course of the match. The number 284 was able to kidnap 3,600 US dollars and 20 ATP world ranking points from the Hanseatic city.