Silver medal for German tennis team with KIT participation

For the fourth time now, a German student team took part took part in this international Nations Cup. The venue this time was Aix-en-Provence, near Marseille. The team for this cup consists of three women and three men, with two women's singles, two men's singles, one women's doubles, one men's doubles and one mixed. men's doubles and one mixed. A total of 7 points could therefore be awarded could be awarded.

The German team was represented by Carolin Daniels (Uni Paderborn), Franziska König (University of Applied Sciences for Health Management SB) and Anna-Benita Fuchs (University of Karlsruhe) and the men's team with Michel Dornbusch (DSHS Cologne), Frank Wintermantel (Heidelberg University) and Patrick Pradella (Bielefeld University). and well-balanced. The coaching team consisted of team manager Claudia Hoffmann-Timm and coach Rüdiger Bornemann.

After two fourth and one fifth place in the previous years the fourth-placed German team had set their sights on a place on the podium and should fulfill this intention.

The German team faced China in the quarter-finals, where China in the quarter-finals, where a unified team performance led to a clear 7:0 success. was achieved. After this successful debut, the semi-final was against local hero and last year's finalist France. Here, only Carolin Daniels' women's singles match was lost to France. France. All other matches were won, resulting in a surprisingly clear 6:1 success. The final was then the favored team from the USA. Just like the German team, the Americans had won their matches had won their matches on the previous days. With this self-confidence the US team went to work and won the two hard-fought women's singles matches. women's singles for themselves. The men had a difficult starting position with the 0:2 starting position. Michel Dornbusch and Frank Wintermantel were still waiting for their chance. However, they were unable to withstand the enormous pressure from the Americans and so these two men's singles also went to the US team. The final match was thus already decided in favor of the USA. decided in favor of the USA. In the doubles, which were no longer decisive, the German pairings were able to achieve two more victories with refreshing, powerful and cheeky play. victories. The mixed doubles then had to be conceded to the USA again for a final score of 5:2 be conceded.

The first-time participation in the final rounded off the consistently positive positive performance of the German university team in France. The parade of nations preceded by a band, the reception and draw in the town hall and the concluding gala dinner including party on Sunday evening, gave the event a worthy setting and made the tournament tournament into an extremely successful event for everyone involved.