First-time partners & last-minute sign in, Erler/Mies win Kitzbühel crown
Home favourite Alexander Erler and German Andreas Mies enjoyed a perfect week as first-time partners at the Generali Open. But it was far from easy.
The Austrian-German duo needed a Match Tie-break in all four of its matches, including a second-round win against top seeds Jamie Murray and Adam Pavlasek. On Saturday, the sixth seeds earned a final 6-3, 3-6, 10-6 victory against fifth seeds Constantin Frantzen and Hendrik Jebens to win the clay ATP 250.
“It was like a coincidence [we played together],” Mies said. “I was supposed to play with Yannick Hanfmann here and ‘Alex’ with Lucas [Miedler]. He got injured unfortunately in Hamburg. So we decided last minute to play and to sign in. To win the title here is unbelievable. Great atmosphere, great feeling. It was a pleasure to play together for the first time. We are super happy to win the title here. It’s been two years for me since the last time I won a title. I’m super happy with the team effort.”
[ATP APP]The home favourite Erler has three times won the Kitzbühel title (2021 and 2023 with Lucas Miedler). This week marks Mies’ first tour-level crown since 2022 Munich.
“It was an amazing crowd the whole week. We are very happy to win,” Erler said. “We were focussed all the time, I think it was a really good match.”
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