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Jan-Lennard Struff

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#1 ·
I can't see a thread for him, and it would be criminal not to create one for him given his recent success.

Certainly one of my favourite players to watch.
 
#2 ·
Jan will play tomorrow against Matthias Bachinger in Helsinki. Good luck.

Totally winnable, if you ask me. Bachinger plays the odd great match, on average a decent player, but Jan is playing so well right now. I fancy him to win. It will be close, though.
 
#3 ·
I don't know how winnable it is, as Bachinger is almost a top 100 player.

Struff does look like a good hope for German tennis though, Stebe seems to be falling back, Struff may be the next guy to make a big impact, I sure hope so as German tennis needs one, never seen him play, will try to catch the match.
 
#12 ·
Why does Jan have so few fans? He's up and coming, and is really great to watch.
Unfortanetly Tennis is not the most famous sport in Germany and so the number 14 of Germany is not ver well known... :(

I am a fan of Jan and I live in the same town just like him. But if you look in the local newspapers here in the past half year, there were more or less three or four small articles about his results, although he won four futures in this time. :mad:

I hope this will be a little bit better in the future if he climbs in the rankings a little bit more. The chances are good, because of his injury in the beginning of the year, his first points drop not before may 2013...

Toljok
 
#7 ·
Indeed, but I think he's a big underdog in it.

The reason I liked Jan's chances against Bachinger was because he can exploit the opponent's movement well. Berankis is a much better mover than Bachinger, and is also arguably a better player from the back. Will be so tough for Jan.

There's always opportunities to break Berankis, though.

It will be on Friday, right?
 
#9 ·
He beat Berankis. Amazing. At 4-5, Jan was struggling to stay in the set , fended off bkpts and got to the TB and won.
Got the early bk in the 2nd and won that too.

Preparing for Davis cup at tenniscrier.com, so didn't have much time to focus on this match. From the bit I could tell, Jan is good on a faster court.

(Helsinki is old school, Greenset Confort. Greenset resin on a vinyl rubber mat. Not the thick, soft rubber mats they are using in places like Mons. So this isn't as fast as the old Supreme carpets - but its still pretty fast by today's standard. For example, Djokovic would have had no chance vs Federer on this surface)

Jan taking it quick and seemed taking time away from Berankis really frustrated Berankis. I also feel Berankis is looking forward to the off season
 
#11 ·
Lost to Nieminen, but it was to be expected, good run anyhow.
 
#17 ·
Struff beat Ungur, and there was a somewhat comical point. Struff's last service game (second to last game of the match) when he was leading 30-15: his first serve hit the top of the net, it looked like it was going to bounce out, but it fell in the left service line, Adrian lunged for it, but with no luck. I would have liked to see a replay. The no-let service point came kind of by surprise. I'm not sure if Ungur forgot about this temporary rule, or simply thought the ball wasn't falling in. If he had stepped up to the service box in anticipation of the ball dropping in, the ball stayed in the air enough time too - he could have let it rip to level the game at 30-30.
 
#18 ·
Jan-Lennard is steadily closing in to the Top 100. Final in Bergamo tomorrow. Good thing for him is that he doesn't defend any points till May. This is his chance to take a jump.
 
#24 · (Edited)
Yeah I have seen Jan play quite a few times now, last time was live at the Australian Open qualies.
His results are totally unpredictable: On a good day he can blast top 100 guys off the court with his straight powerful shots, but on a bad day he can produce 50 unforced errors and lose to the number 600.

Hopefully he can fulfil his potential and do some damage!
 
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