It's been a couple of hours since I was eliminated from the Olympic tennis tournament with my doubles partner Kevin Krawietz, and I have to say that I've struggled with that.

I am more disappointed than I expected before departure.

Not because we played badly or because of unfortunate circumstances that contributed to the 2-6, 6-7 defeat.

Kevin and I didn't do too much wrong, Britons Joe Salisbury and Andy Murray just played better, with Salisbury being the dominant man in the crucial phases of the match.

Peter Hess

Sports editor.

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But we just hoped we would go a long way if we survived this game. A really bitter pill for me that it turned out differently. It gives me a bit of comfort to have met Andy Murray at eye level, one of the greats in our sport. Andy plays with an artificial hip joint and canceled his single because of muscle problems. But we knew that he would remain a serious opponent. Unfortunately, we could hardly take advantage of the fact that it lacks a bit of liveliness when changing direction.

The atmosphere on the square wasn't as eerie as one might think. 25 Britons created a great atmosphere. I don't know where they came from, spectators outside the tennis bubble are not allowed. But it definitely wasn't all of the British tennis team fans. We Germans were probably a bit over-correct and limited ourselves to the given minimum equipment of the DTB support team. Other tennis players even had their personal supervisors with them, our top player Alexander Zverev not. Well, we didn't lose because of the cheering on our opponents.

Another dinner and breakfast, and then it's back home to Frankfurt. It's a shame, I would have liked to have stayed longer, even though the general conditions were anything but ideal. Part of me is happy that I am no longer afraid of the daily corona tests. I was not afraid of the disease, but of the consequences of the result. In the positive case, I would have left the Olympic Village immediately and spent two weeks in quarantine in a Tokyo hotel. Although I have recovered and been vaccinated, I did not feel that I was completely on the safe side.

But the greater part of me could have endured a little longer in Tokyo, because even without the opportunity to attend other competitions, the mood among us was so good.

Warehouse fever in a narrow neighborhood?

Not a bit.

When Philipp Kohlschreiber left after his first round defeat, we did not use his single room, but stayed in the double rooms.

We only put our tennis bags there.

Peter Heß spoke to Tim Pütz, 33-year-old Frankfurt tennis professional who competed in Tokyo in doubles with Kevin Krawietz.