Tennis News: Krawietz and Pütz lose doubles final at US Open

Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz won the doubles title at the US Open The Davis Cup duo lost the final in New York’s Arthur Ashe Stadium in 1 hour 33 minutes with 4:6, 6:7 (4:7) against the Australians Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson.

This meant that 32-year-old Krawietz and Pütz, who is four years older, were unable to celebrate their first joint triumph at a Grand Slam tournament. However, they can look forward to prize money of 375,000 US dollars (approx. 338,000 euros) for reaching the final.

From New York to China

Both will go straight to the Davis Cup in China. The German team will play in the group phase there next week, and on Tuesday they will play against Slovakia in Zhuhai. The German team’s selection tennis Bund has to do without Alexander Zverev, Jan-Lennard Struff and Dominik Koepfer in the singles.

The lower area of ​​the world’s largest tennis stadium was already completely full by midday. In front of the unusually large crowd, Krawietz and Pütz got off to a nervous start. Pütz made two double faults in the first game and the German duo conceded the first break to make it 2:3.

The Wimbledon finalists Purcell and Thompson remained largely confident on their own serve, fended off two break points at 5:4 and took the first set. The Australians also managed the first break in the second set to make it 3:2. They served to win, but suddenly Purcell wobbled. Krawietz/Pütz reached the tie-break, but squandered a 3:1 lead there.

Krawietz with two Grand Slam titles in Paris

Previously, only German tennis professional Philipp Petzschner had reached the men’s doubles final at the US Open, winning the title in 2011 together with Austrian Jürgen Melzer. Krawietz had won the French Open title twice with his former doubles partner Andreas Mies. Pütz won the mixed doubles title in Paris in 2023 with Japanese Miyu Kato.

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