Second title for Germans

Rotterdam, 27 October 2001. Timo BOLL/Zoltan FEJER-KONNERTH (GER) once more proved that on the good days they can beat anybody. At the Dutch Open they took the title in men’s doubles beating last weeks German Open Champions Aleksander Karakasevic/Slobodan Grujic (YUG) in the final.

The Germans took the first two games easily. Then the Yugoslavs went to 2-1. In the 4^th and 5^th game BOLL/FEJER-KONNERTH was on top again. They had big leads and though KARAKASEVIC/GRUJIC came back they never caught them.

The Germans won 4-1 to take their second title this year – they also won the English Open.

“Perhaps we started to get a little bit nervous in the last games with the title in sight. We know that if the Yugoslavs get their game going then they are dangerous”, says Timo BOLL.

Between the two title wins the young Germans have lost out in the early rounds in some other Pro Tour events.

“It’s true – on our good days we can beat anybody, but we have this bad days as well where we can lose to anybody. This is something we have to work on. We have to get rid of the really bad days”, says Zoltan FEJER-KONNERTH.