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As promised I uploaded today my pics from ATP Halle (GER) where I was on Tuesday.

Because I was caught up in a traffic jam for two hours in the morning I missed the match of world No. 7 James Blake in his match vs. the German Björn Phau

The first match I watched was French old hand Fabrice Santoro vs. Rainer Schüttler. It was an interesting match with some worth seeing shots. Then I moved to the Gerry Weber Stadion (centre court) to watch Nicolas Kiefer in his match vs. Dutch hope Robin Haase. After a bad first set of Kiefer with many unforced errors he played much better and won the match in three sets.

The match of the day came shortly after when Tommy Haas played vs. the Czech Radek Stepanek. It was the first match of Haas after a long shoulder injury. It was – to tell the truth – a really boring match because both served very well. So it came that there were only a few good shots. At the end Haas won.

Before I left I attended for a few games the doubles match of Christopher Kas and Philipp Petzschner vs. No. 2 seed team Martin Damm / Pavel Vizner.

Because I had to get up early next morning and I had a trip of four hours back to Berlin I had to leave at six o’clock…

All pics I made that day you can find in the gallery. I also updated the player lists where you now can click on the name of your preferred player and can watch all the pics of her or him

The next tournament I’ve planed to attend so far will be WTA Stuttgart in October…