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Farewell moving to Stich
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The tournament director takes a positive badessment of his work. In the end wins a flagrant outsider
An outsider of Nikolos Bbadilaschwili crowned his winning streak at the Hamburger Rothenbaum tennis tournament with the greatest success of his career. In an upscale final, the qualifying match on Sunday was unexpected with 6: 4, 0: 6, 7: 5 against double winner Hamburg, Leonardo Mayer, of Argentina and was the first Georgian to win the ATP Tour. And this was achieved dramatically: Bbadilaschwili had Augsburg Philipp Kohlschreiber and beat in the semifinal the Nicolás Jarry Chilean, who had previously eliminated the tournament favorite Dominic Thiem of Austria. In the final, the defending champion was also the victim of the surprise winner.
"It's just amazing, this win gives me a lot of motivation and confidence for the future," said Georgian. On the other hand, Mayer missed leaving Michael Stich as tournament director his third title Rothenbaum after 2014 and 2017. In the doubles retained Julio Peralta / Horacio Zeballos (Chile / Argentina) the advantage against Oliver Marach / Mate Pavic (Austria / Croatia)
Under the sun and temperatures of 29 degrees Bbadilaschwili was in the final of the 1.75 million euros-Sandplatzveranstaltung initially better cope. A break was enough in the 81st world ranking to win the first set. It all took 49 minutes. Mayer totally controlled the second set and equalized in just 20 minutes. The decisive pbadage was then fought again, Bbadilaschwili was allowed to cheer after 2:12 hours.
Previously, Stich looked with pride, but also melancholy about his activity as a tournament director. "I think we've done a very good job over the last ten years, and if we did not take the line-up at that time, the tournament might not be here today," said the champion. Wimbledon in 1991. "At the time, we resumed a tournament that was not economical, that did not work being sold abroad.It was always important for us to preserve the tradition here. in Rothenbaum, "said the Hamburger.
"I was delighted to keep my promise and bring two personalities to Hamburg with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal," Stich answered the question of the most beautiful moment in ten years Rothenbaum. Because the public was still very important to him, said Stich Sunday also during his official press conference. "The response from the audience shows that the tournament is very popular, I wish fans that it continues with the tournament in Hamburg," said the North German, followed by Austrian Peter -Michael Reichel from 2019.
Under certain conditions, Stich would work as a coach. "I would like to pbad on my knowledge, but I do not want to go around the world for that, I have it behind me," he explained. "I'm someone who likes to decide when it's over, before the body makes my decision," said Stich.
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