In the Preparation for the final round of the Davis Cup is a tennis professional Daniel Altmaier one little surprise succeeded. The 26-year-old from Kempen sat down at the ATP tournament in Belgrade in the first round against the favorite Italian Luciano Darderi 7:6 (7:1), 6:3 through. Thanks to the success against the number eight seed, Altmaier moved into the round of 16.
In Metz became a Davis Cup colleague Jan-Lennard Struff At the start, he lived up to his role as favorite. The Sauerlander, who was seeded seventh, won 3:6, 6:4, 6:4 against Alexander Shevchenko from Kazakhstan.
Struff leads the German Davis Cup squad an. Altmaier is included in the selection because top player Alexander Zverev had canceled the final round of the national competition. The two will compete in Malaga in two weeks together with Yannick Hanfmann and the doubles team Tim Pütz and Kevin Krawietz. In the quarter-finals on November 20th, national coach Michael Kohlmann’s team will face Canada.
