New York (AP) - Davis Cup professional Jan-Lennard Struff has confidently reached the second round at the Masters tournament in New York. The 30-year-old Warsteiner won on Saturday against the Australian Alex de Minaur surprisingly clearly 6: 2, 6: 4. Struff used his first match ball after 1:21 hours.
The $ 4.67 million tennis event was relocated from Cincinnati to New York due to the coronavirus pandemic and serves as a dress rehearsal for the US Open starting on August 31 at the same location. Both events are held under very strict hygiene and safety rules.
For the men it is the first tournament since the Corona break. The entire tour had been interrupted since early March. The women had already returned from their break in Palermo at the beginning of August.
Besides Struff, Alexander Zverev from the German men is also there. The German number one has a bye in the first round. From a German point of view, only Laura Siegemund is represented among the women, who played her way into the main field through qualification.
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