BMW Open: Jan-Lennard Struff celebrates his first ATP tournament victory in Munich with 33 goals! | Sports

Better late than never!

Jan-Lennard Struff he had to turn 33 and play 218 tennis tournaments to win his first tournament. The Warsteiner won on Sunday in the final BMW Open in Munich American Taylor Fritz (26) 7:5, 6:3.

In his fourth final, it is the first victory after previous defeats in Munich (2021), Stuttgart and Madrid (both 2023)!

Struff crowns himself the rain king of Munich

“It’s amazing! First title and then home. I’ve waited so long. I’ve been on tour for a long time. fabulous feeling. “I played good tennis this week and beat very good players,” says the winner.

Four days before his 34th birthday, Struff got a masterpiece at the Munich Aumeister! Only two players were older when they won their first ATP title (Paolo Lorenzi and Victor Estrella Burgos).

Pure joy!Struff crowns himself the rain king of Munich

It is raining or pouring almost all the time in the final. The situation is not good for both players with 3 degrees in the central field Thomas Müller (34) is also shaking. He cheered on Struff’s box and proceeded to show Becker’s punch!

Müller saw off Fritz, who is more accustomed to the sun in his native California, earning three points in the first set at 5:4, all of which the German No. 2 defends. This bothers the American star so much in his first clay court final that he doesn’t hit the ball again and Struff wins the round 7:5.

In fact, Struff also swears by warm weather. “He needs to play fast and in these situations the balls become slow and he cannot use his strength,” said national coach Michael Kohlmann (50) before the tournament.

Think! Struff made it to the finals and now takes the title. A brand new quality that he let shine. After 79 minutes he converted his first match point. He takes a BMW and 88,125 euros as prize money. Fritz still has to wait for his first clay court title.

“I’m very happy for you, you played a great week,” Fritz said at the awards ceremony. Struff doesn’t say a single sentence in the title track. On Saturday he swept defending champion Holger Rune (20) 6:2, 6:0 in the semi-finals.

Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (57/CSU) with the intention of the winner and the improvement of the tournament to the 500 category from 2025: “Munich should be the capital of tennis.”

“It was my 13th year here. You deserve a 500 – everything is right front and back,” Struff said. “It’s great that we got my first win here in Germany. That means a lot to me! I always love being in Munich.”

Supermodel Lena Gercke (36) drove her prize, a BMW i5 M60 (601 hp, 118,435 euros), on the middle court Struff was already wearing the winning leather pants, which she wore right there on the court!

After the singles victory, Struff even had a chance for his fifth doubles title on Sunday: with Andreas Mies (33/Cologne), he lost the BMW Open final 6:7, 6:7 against Yuki Bhambri (31 / India) and Albano. Olivetti (32/France).