Second week in the Cologne LANXESSarena, second tournament: more or less in parallel to the first week tournament victory by German Alexander Zverev at the bett1HULKS Indoors (the first week tournament), Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal lost his deciding qualification…
bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Hubert Hurkacz (POL) vs. Mischa Zverev (GER) 6-4 6-3
After having three doubles matches on the minor Court 1, including Divij Sharan’s first round loss, I dared to watch the second set of the second round Men’s Single match between Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) and German wildcard Mischa Zverev. I…
bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Davidovich Fokina / Verdasco (ESP) – Masur / Molleker (GER) 3-6 6-1 10-8
This first round Men’s Doubles match on Court 1 was in fact the first match I saw on 14th October 2020 in Cologne. Scheduled right before Divij Sharan’s match, the German wildcards Daniel Masur and Rudolf Molleker felt to have…
bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Gonzales (MEX) / K. Skupski (GBR) – Nielsen (DEN) / Puetz (GER) 4-6 6-1 10-5
I just stayed on the smaller Court 1 after Divij Sharan’s 1st round match at the bett1HULKS Indoors in Cologne to see one of Germany’s doubles specialist, Frankfurt-origin Tim Pütz. I just watched the first games of the match, in…
bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Sharan (IND) / Withrow (USA) – Herbert / Mahut (FRA) 3-6 3-6
Due to all the Covid-19 regulations and local restrictions the male tennis ATP Tour set up some new tournaments in late 2020 – some of them in venues which are typically not hosting ATP events. The Cologne LANXESSarena hosted two…