Allianz Para Trophy: our colleague Sophie was live at the tennis tournament!

Spectacular rallies and great emotions for the spectators and players at the Allianz Para Trophy tennis tournament, which was part of the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour, Open Division Men, in the ITF 1 Series category. Last Saturday, the semi-finals and final took place at the BMW Open in Munich. Our colleague Sophie, Associate Legal Counsel, won tickets in our prize draw and attended the event. In this interview, she tells us what she experienced.

Vier Tennisspieler stehen sich auf einem roten Tennisplatz am Netz gegenüber

Hi Sophie, you were there live at the Allianz Para Trophy - how was it?

On Saturday, I was able to watch the final men's singles and men's doubles matches of the Allianz Para Trophy live. In the doubles, Frederic Cattaneo (FRA) and Stephane Houdet (FRA) played an exciting match with the two Germans Anthony Dittmar and Christoph Wilke. The French won the doubles and it was really impressive how they performed on the court.

Mann im Rollstuhl setzt zum Aufschlag eines Tennisballs an auf einem Tennisplatz

And how was the singles match?

Martin De La Puente (Spain) and Gordon Reid (Great Britain) met in the singles. We initially thought that Reid would win the match, but then the Spaniard won the second and third sets by 7 games each - and not without some heated exchanges and exciting moments. It was a real tennis duel at the highest level.

What was the atmosphere like on the court?

Despite the mixed weather, the atmosphere was great. The spectators cheered along with the players and it was inspiring to see the best wheelchair tennis players competing on the court.

Links lächelt eine blonde Frau in die Kamera, rechts von ihr lächelt ein Mann mit kurzen dunklen Haaren in die Kamera

And your personal highlight?

That was when I met Gordon Reid on the course in the afternoon and was able to take a photo with him. Simply an impressive sportsman!

Thank you very much for the exciting insights Sophie and congratulations to all athletes, for whom the tournament meant world ranking points for the first time!