Tennis
A new world record attempt in long-term tennis was started Thursday morning in Langenwang-Schwöbing in the Bruck-Mürzzuschlag district. Two Styrians want to play tennis for 82 hours at a time for a good cause.
Friedrich Nowak and Karl Straßberger are not only best friends, cousins and business partners, but also gifted tennis players. Now they want to break the previous world record for the longest tennis match – the starting shot was on Thursday at 7 a.m., the record should finally fall on August 14 at exactly 2:09 p.m., but the game should even be played until 5 p.m. But Nowak and Straßberger don’t just play to set a new record, they also want to promote inclusion and collect money for mass sport.
Sport has “value for everyone”
The two Styrians give their reasons for taking on this hardship: “We believe in the value of sport for everyone, especially in troubled times,” emphasizes Nowak. Straßberger adds: “Financially and in terms of health, we are doing well. We want that give something back, sooner rather than later.” An important fundraising goal – the financing of a pool lift for eleven-year-old boy Vincent, who suffered from a spastic condition from birth, was already achieved in advance.
A portion of ambition is also included
There are clear rules of the game on the way to the world record. The Styrians are allowed to take a five-minute break every hour, and the breaks can also be combined. The plan for the beginning is therefore to play through twelve hours and then take an hour break. The game is played according to the normal ATP rules, the place may not be changed.
Incidentally, it is not the first long-term tennis game between the two Styrians. The longest match the two played against each other lasted 36 hours. In the end, everyone wants to win for themselves and thus win the most sets during the world record attempt.
