Politische Beiträge und philosophische Essays
(Jürgen Fritz, 18.10.2021) It was not Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas or Andrey Rublev who won the Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells, but Britain’s Cameron Norrie, who was not even among the top 20 seeds. He beat Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final of the C tournament to move into the top ten of the JFB 52 Week Tennis World Ranking for the first time.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 13.10.2021) Alexander Zverev hat nun erstmals auch den vierten der sogenannten Big Four geschlagen. In Indian Wells rang der 24-Jährige in der Runde der letzten 32 den Schotten Andy Murray in ihrem dritten Aufeinandertreffen nach 2:07 Stunden mit 6-4, 7-6 nieder und steht damit im Achtelfinale des Masters 1000-Turniers.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 06.10.2021) The seventh and penultimate Masters 1000 tournament (C category) starts on Thursday. 96 players will be competing in the men’s main draw in Indian Wells. 48 are fighting for the last 12 free places in the main draw in the qualifying tournament. 17 Top Twenty players will be competing in California.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 05.10.2021) Hubert Hurkacz won the E tournament (ATP 250) in Metz the week before last, Team Europe won the Laver Cup for the fourth time in a row against Team World, Jannik Sinner defended his title in Sofia (E) on Sunday and Casper Ruud won in San Diego (E). With his fifth ATP 250 title this year, Ruud moves up to position 8 in the JFB 52 Week Tennis World Ranking for the first time.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 30.09.2021) World number one Novak Djokovic, who has won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments this year but failed to compete in four of the six Masters 1000 events, has now also cancelled the seventh C tournament of the year at Indian Wells, which starts next week.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 13.09.2021) Daniil Medvedev defeats Novak Djokovic in the US Open final in three sets to become the second player born after 1988 to win a major title after Dominic Thiem. At 25.5 years old, he is also the youngest Grand Slam winner since Andy Murray’s US Open victory in 2012. In the JFB 52 Week Tennis World Ranking, Medvedev thus overtakes Alexander Zverev and is now very close to Djokovic.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 29.08.2021) Ilya Ivashka is the first Belarusian since Max Mirnyi in 2003 to win an ATP tournament. After knocking out top seed Pablo Carreno Busta, the world No. 9, in the quarter-finals, the 27-year-old gave Sweden’s Mikael Ymer no chance in the Winston-Salem final on Saturday night, beating him 6-0, 6-2 in just 55 minutes to move into the world’s top 30 for the first time.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 16.08.2021) With his tournament win in Toronto, Daniil Medvedev has moved back to second place in the JFB 52 Week Tennis World Ranking. Alexander Zverev had overtaken Medvedev a fortnight ago with his victory at the Olympic Games. This was Medvedev’s fifth tournament win in the last 52 weeks in singles plus the victory with Russia in the ATP Cup and his fourth career Masters 1000 title (C).
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(Jürgen Fritz, 09.08.2021) After his tournament win in Washington, his first at an ATP 500 event (D), 19-year-old Jannik Sinner returns to the top 15, rising from 17 to 13 in the JFB 52 Week Tennis World Ranking. Semi-finalist Kei Nishikori moves from 40 to 30 and Washington finalist Mackenzie McDonald makes the top 50 for the first time.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 09.08.2021) Eight days before his 20th birthday, in Washington, Jannik Sinner wins a D tournament (ATP 500) for the first time in his career. This makes him the first teenager since Juan Martin del Potro in July 2008 to win a men’s tournament of the fourth-highest category.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 07.08.2021) Eine der größten Tragödien von Tokyo 2020 spielte sich mit schrecklichen Bildern im Modernen Fünfkampf ab. Annika Schleu ging als Führende und als große Goldfavoritin in den vorletzten Wettbewerb, das Springreiten. Dort spielte sich dann ein Drama ab, wie man es sich schlimmer kaum vorstellen könnte. Dies löste gerade in den Sozialen Medien Reaktionen aus, die hier beleuchtet werden sollen.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 02.08.2021) First of all, forget the ATP ranking. This does not reflect the true situation. The ATP (because of the pandemic break in 2020) not only evaluates results that already lie two to three years in the past, it also does not award a single point for Olympia, one of the five most important tournaments in the world. If only the results of the last 52 weeks are taken into account and the Olympics are included, the world ranking looks as follows.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 14.07.2021) Sein erstes großes Ziel, noch einmal Wimbledon zu gewinnen, hat letzte Woche nicht geklappt. Im Viertelfinale war Roger Federer überraschend chancenlos gegen den Polen Hubert Hurkacz ausgeschieden, verlor das erste Mal seit 19 Jahren glatt mit 0:3 Sätzen und erstmals überhaupt einen Satz in Wimbledon mit 0:6. Nun ist auch Federers zweiter letzter großer Traum vor seinem Karriereende geplatzt.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 06.07.2021) Roger Federer is in his 18th Wimbledon quarter-final at 39.9 years old. What incredible numbers! This makes him the oldest men’s quarter-finalist at Wimbledon in the Open Era since April 1968, when professionals became eligible to play in Grand Slam tournaments, but he is not the oldest ever. That’s someone else: Arthur Gore.
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(Jürgen Fritz, 03.07.2021) 20 years ago yesterday: In the fourth round, 19-year-old Roger Federer beats the greatest Wimbledon champion of all time up to that point, the seven-time (!!!!!!!) tournament winner and defending champion, the ten-year older, all-important player of the 1990s Pete Sampras. It will – unfortunately – remain the only encounter between these two. 14 months later …
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