#tim puetz

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atptour & atphalle_official | [x]

Oscars selfie step aside, this just dropped… 🤳

[accordingtodumas]

Just saw this pic on reddit and for some reason I'm quite intrigued.

Why suddenly they're all gingers - even the bald one? Why is Stefanos holding two glasses like that? Why is he and Daniil always so close yet so far? Why are they wearing the same color scheme?

A lot of questions here.

[decidingpoint]

Men’s doubles is very serious business

[bluespring864]

Tim Pütz and Zhang Shuai during their second round mixed doubles match at the 2026 Australian Open

I do not think I have ever seen two people more delighted to be playing a tennis match together!

[stateofsport211]

📸 🎥 Eurosport LV

Purson had a solid start to the second set, but their ability to close things out became further tested toward the end of the match. J. Thompson might have started the set with a forehand return ace to set themselves ahead, but Krapuetz still held their serves to 2-1. Purson only got their break of serve at the end of the fifth game (3-2) thanks to their deep return to the tenth seeds' failed volley after J. Thompson's working smash created their break point. They then swiftly consolidated their lead to 4-2.

M. Purcell continued with a forehand return ace to set themselves a point ahead in the ninth game before somehow having 2 match points in return, but Krapuetz's intuitive volleys saved them before they scored a massive hold to 5-4. Somehow, M. Purcell's failed smash succeeded his double fault at the game that started with his forehand error for Krapuetz to break back to 5-5, where the German pair became more aggressive. A point construction using almost every angle then topped off the next game, where M. Purcell's successful smash was followed by T. Puetz's forehand error as he tried to retrieve the ball from the post, thus creating Purson's break point. However, Krapuetz saved them before holding their serves to 6-5.

Nonetheless, the second set tie-break became inevitable after J. Thompson held his serves for Purson to 6-6. There, K. Krawietz fired a working volley to secure Krapuetz's lead to 2-1 before holding their serves with an unreturned serve to 3-1, M. Purcell scored a crucial forehand return winner to equalize the point 3-2, followed by another return serve to 3-3. Two points later, a double fault from K. Krawietz had Purson led by a mini-break (5-4) before an unreturned serve confirmed their service game hold to 6-4. M. Purcell's ace clinched the championship perfectly for the Australian seventh seed, taking the second set 7-6(4) for their maiden Grand Slam title as a pair.

[loveequalsnothing]

WORLD GROUP 2018 1/2 (top draw):

France v Netherlands

Italy v Japan

Great Britain v Spain

Australia v Germany

[bluespring864]

The thing about doubles players is that there will always be hugs, no matter how the match has gone. Most of them don't travel with a big team, so they do hang out with each other much more than the singles guys. And more often than not they have teamed up with one of the players across the net before too.

[loveequalsnothing]

WORLD GROUP QUARTER-FINAL - 3/4