Munich June 2010 (Masters)



First time I will play in the Munich tournament. It is always played at the Olympiapark, right behind the legendary, marvellous Olympia Stadium. The tournament is a Masters, so enough reasons to play well.

In D-Singles I am seeded nr3. Strangely enough, a female is seeded nr1, because she earned her points in the women's tournaments. Where there is a lot at stake in a Masters tournament, a very unexplainable decision.

http://glta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/seeds.aspx?id=D975D3EB-F98D-4FB7-8740-6EBF0D3A2A5F

My doubles partner in D is my good friend Christian from Aachen, Germany.

First round in singles I had a bye. Second round was against jolly Belgian Dominique.

Final matchpoint:

I won 6-0, 6-2.

Second round, QF, against Hynek, my doubles partner from Prague 2009 (where we were finalists).
So I knew it was going to be difficult.

I lost 2-6, 3-6. Especially in the first set, I played really bad...

The Doubles: 1st round was a bye, and the second round, QF, was against nr1 seeds Spanish guys Gabriel & Joan. We lost, but nearly won: 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 7-10 (Champions Tie-break). In the second set at 4-4, we had 4 breakpoints we did not convert...
In the Champions Tie-break I scored an incredible point at the net, 2 impossible quick reactions within 5 seconds.

Here are the results for D-singles and D-doubles:

http://glta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=D975D3EB-F98D-4FB7-8740-6EBF0D3A2A5F&draw=9

http://glta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=D975D3EB-F98D-4FB7-8740-6EBF0D3A2A5F&draw=10

My stats for this tournament:

http://glta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=D975D3EB-F98D-4FB7-8740-6EBF0D3A2A5F&player=45


Thank you so much Christian for being a great friend, a wonderful doubles partner, and an amazing camera handler!