Men of the TTC 46 lose against the leader
The final result of 2:6 looks clear, but does not reflect the drama of the afternoon at all. The men of the TTC 46 Weinheim had the leader of the 3rd Bundesliga-South, DJK Sportbund Stuttgart, as guests and actually delivered a hot fight, in which at least a draw would have been possible. In addition to the necessary portion of luck, perhaps they also lacked a little bit of nerve to get the last decisive point.
In two games match points could not be used, in two others won set points could have given the match a different course.
It started with a division of points in the doubles. With 3:1 each, Tom Eise / Björn Baum secured their match for the TTC 46, on the other side Cheaib/Perez against Oliver Both / Alexander Gerhold.
The first top matches went to the guests. As in the match a week ago, Tom Eise won two sets against Juan Perez and then later against Dauud Cheaib. In the deciding set, however, the last bit was missing with 9:11 and then with 11:13 after his own match point.
Björn Baum had no chance against Dauud Cheaib at 1:3, but against Juan Perez he kept the match open for a long time, in the final set he was still leading 10:8; but four points from Perez ended the match at 2:6.
In the back pair, Oliver Both was close against Marius Henninger, he had set point in rounds 2 and 3, but lost overall narrowly with 0:3. Alexander Gerhold is currently playing in strong form and took with a 3:1 against Sven Happek quite clearly the second counter for his team.
If after the 2:4 in the front pair cross still something would have come …
Nevertheless, a strong performance of the quartet, which makes hope, perhaps sometime with the number 1 Payas Jain, to collect a few more points.
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