Blog of the week: Pioneering days for German tennis

Not only in sporting terms, the past few days have brought a lot of excitement – the future of the German Open has also been redesigned.

An exciting tennis weekend is behind us – which has nothing to do with the premiere of the much-discussed Laver Cup in Prague.From a German perspective, more important headlines came up, for example the sensational victory of Comebackmann Peter Gojowczyk in Metz.This success is really remarkable, as Gojowczyk has had to struggle with problematic injuries over the years, but never lost his own fighting spirit.Gojowczyk expands the circle of potential candidates, who are eligible for the German Davis Cup team, under whatever conditions.

Gojowczyk’s path is reminiscent of that of the brave Swabian Cedric-Marcel Stebe, who continued to shine in the week after the tough Davis Cup race and won a Challenger tournament in Sibiu, Romania.So, as a soloist, he is not weakened by the performance in Portugal, but rather inspired by the previous collective sense of achievement.The Davis Cup winner Jan-Lennard Struff also had a strong performance in St. Gallen.Petersburg.

The DTB Presidium’s decision on who should host the German Open in the future was quite surprising – at least if you weren’t privy to every detail of the applications.The Austrian Peter-Michael Reichel, who was awarded the preliminary contract, is an experienced, experienced and internationally well-connected organizer.However, he should also be aware that he is taking risks with this orientation, provided that everything remains the same when it comes to scheduling the competition.Hamburg not only needs its own good infrastructure, but above all a better appointment place in the tennis world – because the event in July, after Wimbledon, on sand, is the real evil.

It would not be surprising if the tournament moved to another location, as the support of the city officials in Hamburg was already too weak in the past.In addition, there are the other diametrically different ideas that the An der Alster hockey club has – it is the tenant of the site.

And the Laver Cup?He was a big, dazzling spectacle with the two outstanding front figures Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.The future will show whether it can be a win-win for tennis in a broader sense.Also a future without active protagonists like Federer and Nadal.