German veteran Tommy Haas will face 18-year-old Jannik Sinner in the Steffi Graf Stadium in Berlin in a match between two different generations at the German capital’s exhibition tournament, which starts on Monday 13th July 2020. The winner of this quarter final will meet 2020 Australian Open finalist Dominic Thiem.
Haas reached his first Grand Slam semifinal in 1999 two years before Sinner’s birth.
“Jannik could be my son”, said 42-year-old Haas.
Haas hopes that the men’s and women’s tours will start next August.
“The tournaments in the USA had time to prepare for this. I expect the games to come. Of course, there are many new cases in the USA every day, but more are being tested”, said Haas.
Roberto Bautista Agut will meet Jan Lennard Struff in the second quarter final. The winner of this match sets up a semifinal against Matteo Berrettini. The Italian player beat Bautista Agut two days ago in Thiem 7’s tournament.
The programme of the first day also two matches of the women’s tournament. German Julia Goerges will face Anastasija Sevastova. Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova will take on Andrea Petkovic.
