Melbourne (AP) – Tennis player Tim Pütz and his partner Michael Venus could not stop the Australians Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios and missed the semi-finals in the doubles competition at the Australian Open.
The duo from Frankfurt and New Zealand had to admit defeat in a heated atmosphere in Melbourne by the crowd favorites 5:7, 6:3, 3:6. After a game with heckling between the serves and applause for double faults, Pütz and Venus lost after 2:16 hours.
With the end of the Davis Cup player, there are no longer any German players in the doubles competition. Pütz and Venus were sixth in the first Grand Slam tournament of the season. Wildcard holders Kokkinakis and Kyrgios are on a surprising winning streak, having defeated first-round Croatian Wimbledon and Olympic champions Nikola Mektic and Pavic.