ATP: The Vienna Blog #8 – The four funny five

Full house in Vienna, the results are positive throughout. A folk music group is the only source of slight uncertainty.

The training tent in front of the Vienna Stadthalle is no longer needed on the last days of the tournament week – and will be dismantled at the latest on Friday. A fine decision, especially in 2017. On the final day, a hurricane passed through Vienna, which would have subjected the training hall to an interesting material test. With clear advantages for nature. The security tent was dismantled for safety reasons. The unstable weather conditions, however, also meant that the fans came to the hall earlier, and the grandstands were already well filled at the double finals.

The organizers’ results were good anyway, after four days of sold-out sales in a row. That in the local as well as in the global context, it was hoped for a final between Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev – as a gift. Tsonga and Pouille, which is also a finale worthy of 500, will not have been the only Frenchmen who rocked the Stadthalle in autumn: the repertoire includes a performance by Charles Aznavour, while older tennis fans will remember the solo artist.

The Edlseer, on the other hand, only perform in a quintet. In Vienna. Which is basically perfectly fine. On their homepage, however, only four men with a high musical orientation confess to the traditional ensemble. Unfortunately, it is not possible to answer individual questions, the Edlseer run their programme as mercilessly as they do without a break – even when the double finalists are already competing for the title.

Let’s have a quick look at the food stands. The supply of journalists in Vienna is extraordinary, but for a visit to the Tyrolean stand, time and space must remain. That concludes the circle. The young and dynamic colleague, who had been at the beginning of the week in Vienna, was also very impressed by the Gröstl.