Pittsburgh is my hockey home town – I try to see my Pittsburgh Penguins live at least a few times a season. The more, I am of course happy to be in Pittsburgh itself. During my last stay at the…
Hawk-Eye Live – the End of the Tennis Line Judges?
A typical scene at the bett1HULKS tennis tournament during the last two weeks at Cologne’s LANXESSarena: Alexander Zverev (who swept both singles tournaments, by the way – great performance!) at first serve. The ball hits somewhere near the edge of…
bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Krawietz / Mies (GER) – A. Zverev / M. Zverev (GER) 6-4 7-5
After the Divij Sharan as the last Indian player had bowed out of the tournament the day before, I could alter my reporting schedule to matches which I felt could be interesting matchups (and also reduce my coverage to focus…
bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Gilles Simon (FRA) – Denis Shapovalov (RUS) 6-1 4-6 6-2
Third seeded Dennis Shapovalov (Russia) had a tough time in his Cologne debut appearance: against Gilles Simon (France), he struggled in the first set and had no chance. After his second set comeback in this second round match, he felt…
bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Alexander Zverev (GER) – John Millman (AUS) 6-0 3-6 6-3
After German Alexander Zverev swept his Australian opponent John Millman in the bett1HULKS Championship 2nd round singles match in the first set (in parallel to Divij Sharan’s first round doubles), there were just two factors that I could watch the…
bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Sharan (IND) / Sandgren (USA) – Marach (AUT) / Pavic (CRO) 4-6 2-6
Unfortunately, my work schedule on the Championship week Wednesday was a bit busy, so that I had to rush from a home office meeting right to LANXESSarena to arrive in the middle of the first of the match of our…
bett1HULKS Championship: Egor Gerasimov (BLR) – Daniel Altmaier (GER) 6-1 6-0
German wildcard Dennis Altmaier was almost swept by Belarus qualifier Egor Gerasimov. I just saw the second set – the match was definitely not as clear as the score may suggest – but finally, Altmaier was weaker in any deciding…
bett1HULKS Championship: Jordan Thompson (AUS) – Gilles Simon (FRA) 3-6 5-7
Right before Sumit Nagal’s match against Kecmanovic, I had at least the chance to have a short spot on the first match of the day (19th October 2020) between Aussie Jordan Thompson and French Gilles Simon. The match felt to…