BERLIN, July 16, 2020
The draws for the bett1ACES held on Rebound Ace hard court inside the Hangar 6 of Berlin’s former international airport Tempelhof have been released. NextGenATP Italian Jannik Sinner and Karen Khachanov from Russia will kick off the action on Friday morning 11:30 am.
The winner of this encounter will take on No. 2 seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain. In the second men’s quarterfinal Jan-Lennard Struff will take on veteran Tommy Haas in an all-German affair. The winner will play top seed Dominic Thiem of Austria, who won the first leg of the international tennis exhibition on grass at the Steffi-Graf-Stadion on Wednesday.
Krasse Location! 🛩🎾 Der Hangar 6 im Flughafen Berlin-Tempelhof dient ab Freitag als zweite Station der @bett1aces. @Struffitennis testete den frisch verlegten Hardcourt schon mal an. #bett1aces #Berlin #Tempelhof pic.twitter.com/p2urM0KzRp
— tennis MAGAZIN (@tennismagazin) July 14, 2020
On the women’s side, top favourite Elina Svitolina from the Ukraine awaits in the semi-finals either Anastasija Svitolina from Latvia or Kiki Bertens from the Netherlands. Germany’s teenager Alexandra Vecic and compatriot Andrea Petkovic will go head to head for a place in the stage of the final four to meet No. 2 seed Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic.
The women’s final between Svitolina and Kvitova, which was supposed to be played after the men’s at the LTTC Rot-Weiß on Wednesday, will also be played on Friday.