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German tennis professional goes bankrupt in 57 minutes

April 24, 2026 – 2:42 p.mReading time: 1 min.

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Jan-Lennard Struff: The German is ranked 81st in the ATP world rankings. (Source: IMAGO/Philippe Ruiz/imago)

Jan-Lennard Struff fails in the second round of the ATP Masters in Madrid. The Germans have a very special history associated with this tournament.

At the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Madrid, 35-year-old Jan-Lennard Struff did not make it past the second round. The German tennis professional lost against the 33rd ranked American Alex Michelsen 2:6, 1:6 – in just 57 minutes.

Michelsen put Struff under pressure from the start and gave the veteran from Warstein hardly any options. In a difficult season so far, Struff celebrated his opening win against the French Alexandre Müller extensively.

Struff has something special in common with Madrid: in 2023 he reached the final – one of the greatest successes of his career. A year later he reached the round of 16. Both times he brought Carlos Alcaraz to the brink of defeat.

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