STARNBERG, July 9, 2020

The semi-finals of the Tannenhof Resort German Men’s Series kicked off on Thursday following a short rain delay in the early hours at the Sport & Tennis Resort “Teremeer” in Meerbusch.

Oscar Otte headlined the action at the opening day of the clay-court event, which will be held in a round-robin format with eight players divided into two groups of four, celebrating a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 victory over top-ranked Cedrik-Marcel Stebe in Group A.

 

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Auch das dritte Spiel des Tages war denkbar ausgeglichen und man vermochte bis zum Schluss nicht wirklich zu sagen, wer auf der Siegerstraße ist. Otte oder Stebe? Genial gespielt haben beide, heute war Otte jedoch im entscheidenden Moment da und entschied diese Partie mit 6:3 3:6 6:4 für sich!

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“This was my first win against Ceddi and of course I am very pleased with my performance. I took advantage of the corona break and worked more on my body. I am confident that this will also pay off in the future,” said Otte.

Yannick Maden also had to go the distance in his match against Daniel Masur, winning 6-0, 6-7, 7-5.

Over in Group B, Maximilian Marterer defeated Marvin Möller 6-3, 7-6. The match between Yannick Hanfmann and youngster Mats Rosenkranz was suspended ahead of the start of the third set at 4-6, 6-2 due to darkness and will resume on Friday not before 11:30 am local time.