The second day of the Racket Masters Augsburg was a very exciting day with some upsets. The men’s final was decided whilst the women are playing their last group match. Both will be livestreamed tomorrow on our Facebook Page.
Vaclahovsky sets up a meeting with Ternon in the final
The men’s matches kicked off in the morning, with top seed Sylvain Ternon beating wildcard Ried +22 (5-21 21-6 21-1 3-0) to book his place in the semi-finals. His opponent in the semi-final was Bastian Böhm who defeated Andreas Kotala +22 (21-9 21-7 12-21 5-0). Ternon didn’t lose focus and fought his way to his fifth consecutive final of the season. He beat Böhm +26 (20-22 21-6 21-8). On the bottom half of the draw, Sion Wiggin, who has been in Europe for the past few months, beat the no 2 seed and world no 8 Buhler. The score was + 7 (9-21 21-16 21-5 13-15). He faced Simon Vaclahovsky in the semi-finals who overcame fellow German player Kanonenberg +5 (21-15 13-21 21-8 11-17). It was Vaclahovsky who was the better player today, he won +28 (21-14 21-13 21-8). The men’s final will be at 13:00 (GMT +2).
Ahlmer and Paul to play the deciding group match tomorrow
The women are playing their poule matches today and tomorrow, and the first match was immediately a close affair. Ahlmer had to push hard to get a win against Altmann, who is considerably lower on the FIR ranking (2 vs 40) but who is always a dangerous opponent. Altmann took table tennis and badminton 21-17 21-19 before Ahlmer edged squash 21-19. It was during tennis where Ahlmer was able to seal the match, taking it 21-14 and the match +3. The score was +3 (17-21 19-21 21-19 21-14). Altmann had to play twice today, and she took her win in her second match. She beat Paul +12 (21-16 13-21 21-8 12-10). The last match is tomorrow between Ahlmer and Paul. It could potentially go to a gummi-arm playoff if Paul wins the match. Their head-to-head is 3-3, with Ahlmer taking their last encounter at the French Open in 2019. The match will be livestreamed tomorrow on our Facebook page from 11:00 (GMT +2).
