Tennis: Krawietz and Pütz reach US Open final in double thriller | hessenschau.de

Kevin Krawietz from Coburg and Tim Pütz from Frankfurt are in the final of the US Open and are playing for their first joint Grand Slam title. The duo won a semi-final thriller thanks to a stronger performance, 6:3, 6:7 (9:11), 6:4 against Marcelo Arévalo from El Salvador and the Croatian Mate Pavic.

The 32-year-old Krawietz and Pütz, who is four years older, will now face the Australians Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson in the final on Saturday in New York. “It was a great match,” enthused Krawietz. “We just stuck with it, we could have won it in the second set, but then should have lost it in the third,” said Pütz.

Finale as a “reward” for good work

The German doubles team was confident in their own serve at the beginning, not allowing the opposing team a break point in the first set. Krawietz and Pütz did not give up their serve in the second set either. In the tie-break they held on to a 1:4 deficit, already had a match point, but still had to admit defeat.

In the third round, both were already 2:4 behind, but won four games in the series and were able to celebrate after a strong return from Pütz. “We’re working hard on our stuff,” said Frankfurt’s Pütz: “The final is the reward for that.”

So far, Philipp Petzschner is the only German tennis professional to have reached the men’s doubles final at the US Open, winning the title in 2011 together with the Austrian Jürgen Melzer. Krawietz had won the title at the French Open twice with his former doubles partner Andreas Mies.

Source: hessenschau.de, dpa