German Open pics & videos from Hamburg

July 26, 2009 at 7:21 pm | In ATP, David Ferrer, Juniors, Nikolay Davydenko, Pablo Cuevas, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Photos, Reports, Videos, WTA | Leave a Comment
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Yesterday I’ve visited the ATP tournament in Hamburg (Germany) for the first time. Despite heavy rain I saw really good tennis at the International German Open. Today I uploaded pictures and videos of the semifinals day.

Rainwater dropping from the roof on the stands, Hamburg 2009

After arriving at the venue I followed the practice sessions of some players on Center Court: Nikolay Davydenko and the doubles teams Marcelo Melo / Filip Polasek and Frantisek Cermak / Michal Martinek. The first match under the closed roof was a Juniors match between the Germans Nico Matic and Lars-Hendrik Behlen which Behlen won.

Pablo Cuevas, Hamburg 2009

The first singles semifinal was Paul-Henri Mathieu from France vs. the suprise qualifier Pablo Cuevas from Uruguay. It was a great match with a lot of worth seeing rallies. Cuevas played a strong first set. I was really impressed by his style of playing especially his one-handed backhand. Mathieu played very inconsistant until he broke back in the second set and turned the paper to level the match. But before the third and deciding set was ready to start heavy rain stopped the match. Despite of the closed roof water dropped on court and the stands. But for all that the atmosphere was great. After over a over 30 minute break the match restarted. Mathieu started great in the third set and led fastly with 4-0. But Cuevas turned the paper to level the set to 5-5. Then Mathieu broke Cuevas’ serve again and closed a really good match with 4-6 6-3 7-5.

Nicolay Davydenko, Hamburg 2009

Nikolay Davydenko & David Ferrer played the second semifinal. The Spaniard Ferrer broke early but Davydenko broke back at 2-5. The Russian played very constantly and won the first set 7-5. The second set was nearly a duplication of the first so Davydenko won 7-5 7-6(2).

Here you can watch all 121 pictures and 9 videos.

Hamburg was the last tournament for me to visit in 2009. Next year I plan to go to WTA Stuttgart for the whole week and some German Bundesliga matches in Berlin.

Pics & videos of Djokovic, Haas and more from Halle

June 16, 2009 at 8:38 pm | In ATP, Christopher Kas, Novak Djokovic, Olivier Rochus, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Photos, Reports, Tommy Haas, Videos | Leave a Comment
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Last Saturday I was on a one-day-trip to Halle (Westfalen), Germany, to attend the semifinals of the ATP tournament Gerry Weber Open. Of course I made some pictures and videos.

Video of Novak Djokovic playing soccer tennis with his coaches:

After watching the practice sessions of Olivier Rochus & Novak Djokovic I watched the first singles semifinal at the Gerry Weber Stadion. It was the German battle between Tommy Haas and Philipp Kohlschreiber. Haas did a bad start into the match and lost the first set 2-6. Especially his serve was very poor. It continued in the second set. Kohlschreiber led 5-3 and served for the match but Haas catched the rebreak. From now on the match was tied. The second and third sets went into a tiebreak where Tommy Haas had better nerves. He won 2-6 7-6 7-6 in a very intensive match.

Tommy Haas, Halle 2009

The second semifinal was world No. 4 Novak Djokovic vs. Belgian qualifier Olivier Rochus who surprised in the previous rounds. It was a very interesting match with a lot of long and high quality points. Djokovic had problems to control the match because the small Rochus had really fast legs and got nearly all balls. After winning the first set in tiebreak Djokovic took control of the match and won after hard work 7-6 6-4.

Novak Djokovic, Halle 2009

I didn’t watch the doubles semifinal of Kas/Kohlschreiber vs. Haas/Kohlmann.

Watch all 74 pictures and 8 videos from Halle.

Pics & videos from German 1st Bundesliga

June 6, 2009 at 7:01 pm | In Caroline Wozniacki, Kveta Peschke, Photos, Reports, Videos, WTA | Leave a Comment
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Yesterday I visited the 2nd matchday of the German women’s 1st Bundesliga. The hometeam & climber TC 1899 Blau Weiß Berlin welcomed the TC WattExtra Bocholt. Because of the French Open in Roland Garros some of the best players of Bocholt like Caroline Wozniacki and Lucie Safarova weren’t there. But despite of this fact there where some good players – especially Spaniards and South Americans ;)

Nuria Llagostera Vives

I attended the following singles matches (Berlin players mentioned first):

Agnes Szatmari (HUN) – Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 3-6 1-6
Soledad Esperon (ESP) – Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) 4-6 6-7(4)
Elisa Balsamo (ITA) – Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) 4-6 1-6
Kveta Peschke (CZE) – Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 3-6 5-7
Vivien Weber (GER) – Renata Voracova (CZE) 5-7 6-4 1-6
Syna Schreiber (GER) – Marlot Meddens (NED) 6-2 6-2

The most matched were of good quality. The match of the day was the Czech battle between Kveta Peschke and Klara Zakopalova. But also in the match of Soledad Esperon and Lourdes Dominguez Lino there were a lot of good rallies with many nice dropshots.

Klara Zakopalova & Kveta Peschke

The conditions were very problematic because rain, sunshine & wind changed nearly every minute. I didn’t follow the doubles matches. In the end Bocholt won 7-2.

I’ve uploaded 95 pictures & 9 videos (available in HD).


Next Saturday I’ll be in Halle, Germany to watch the semifinals of the ATP tournament Gerry Weber Open. I hope to see players like Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Of course I’ll take pictures and videos again ;)

Stuttgart practice pics online!

May 8, 2009 at 8:36 pm | In Photos, Reports, Sabine Lisicki, WTA | Leave a Comment
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Finally! All pics from Stuttgart 2009 are online! Today I’ve added the practice pics of all three days.

You can watch the pictures here.

At the weekend I’ll upload some videos from Stuttgart on my YouTube account.

Sabine Lisicki, Stuttgart 2009

Singles & doubles SF pics online!

May 7, 2009 at 8:33 pm | In Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, Flavia Pennetta, Gisela Dulko, Nadia Petrova, Photos, Reports, Virginia Ruano Pascual, WTA, Zheng Jie | Leave a Comment
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I’ve uploaded the next picture package. Today I can show you my semifinal pics from singles and a doubles match. I think these pics became really cool ;)

You can watch the pictures here.

Summary of the matches I watched:

Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Elena Dementiva, Stuttgart 2009

The day started with the singles match between Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Dementieva. It was a good match but Dementieva became more and more problems with her serve and made a lot of unforced errors. Svetlana Kuznetsova played the complete match on a high level and won the match in the end.

Nadia Petrova / Bethanie Mattek-Sands vs. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Zheng Jie, Stuttgart 2009

Between the singles matches a doubles semifinal was played: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Nadia Petrova vs. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Zheng Jie. Mattek and Petrova played a strong first set but became unconcentrated in the second which Ruano Pascual and Zheng won. In the deciding match tiebreak the Russian-American duo played strong again and won the match.

Flavia Pennetta vs. Dinara Safina, Stuttgart 2009

The match of the day was Dinara Safina vs. Flavia Pennetta. The Italian played strong in the beginning like in her quarterfinal vs. Jankovic and benefits on many errors of the world No. 1 Safina. When Pennetta led a set and a break Safina turned the paper and played great tennis. In the third set Pennetta wasn’t able to play competitive and lost it with a bagel.

The 2nd doubles match I didn’t watch because it was late and Pennetta made a long suitable rest for her match at the side of Gisela Dulko…

Tomorrow I’ll try to upload practice pics of all three days I stayed in Stuttgart :)

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