Krawietz and Mies lose to tournament winners

Kevin Krawietz and his doubles partner Andreas Mies lost on Saturday to the later tournament winners Nicolas Mahut (France) and Vasek Popisi (Canada) by the clear margin of 3:6, 2:6 in the semi-final of the ATP event in Marseille.

Kevin Krawietz, who is sponsored by Brose, and Andreas Mies were a match for their opposite numbers at the start of the first set (1:1), but were then broke in the 6th game and went on to lose it by 3:6.

Their opponents also dominated the second set. Krawietz and Mies trailed 1:4 and then, after Mahut and Popisi held their serve, lost the set by 2:6.

Krawietz and Mies will travel to a tournament in Dubai in the middle of next week and in the week after that, on March 6 and 7, 2020, will appear for Germany in the Davis Cup in Düsseldorf.