The tennis Bundesliga will be ordering its best players back on the courts starting tomorrow. But one will be missing. Dornbirn’s “girl for everything” Stefan Bildstein will only step in in emergencies. “It’s time for the younger players to go out there and prove themselves,” says Bildstein, who is still involved in the organization of TC Dornbirn.
But the 36-year-old also has another reason for his partial withdrawal. His daughter Hannah-Marie was born seven weeks ago. “That has changed the perspective on the sport and also on the other life significantly,” beams the happy young dad. Tomorrow (11) the Future Team Irdning will be waiting for his players at home, which, however, with Gerald and Jürgen Melzer contains “a lot of history”. . The Dornbirners are clear outsiders, the worst Irdning player is 300th in the world rankings, the best Dornbirner is around 800th place. “The chances of winning are really very small,” says Bildstein. For the women from Dornbirn, the Bundesliga begins in Klosterneuburg. However, without the top players Julia Grabherr and Tamira Paszek. Both are committed to the French Open. Grabher played in Paris on Thursday, Paszek is at the Stade Roland Garros as a TV co-commentator like last year.
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