The grass tennis courts of Wimbledon will be happy to provide you with the predicate “Holy”. The famous Centre Court, South London, finally one of the most mythical places in the entire world of sports. His new little brother in the Kurpark of Bad Homburg, is far from such a reputation, of course, still light-years. And it will stay that way forever. No matter how exactly it is maintained, in accordance with his famous role model in the future.

A little bit of “Holy” is he gone then, but already, the new place. Finally, he received at the time of its official opening on Saturday, among other things, a Church blessing. Even including a few drops of Holy water were sprinkled on him. That the Lord may protect all the players that move on the lawn.

The be this year, for the time being, only the members of the TC, Bad Homburg be. This is because the planned Premiere of the great women’s professional tennis tournament, but it fell like so much – the pandemic to the victim. In the new year, a new start-up is to be taken to the place of its actual purpose. The top tennis in the Park, a new landmark for the city of Bad Homburg.

a Particularly aesthetic experience

on Saturday was a glimpse of why this might work. Here, Angelique Kerber, Wimbledon champion of 2018 plays, since only a small Show-double with the Fed Cup team boss Rainer Schüttler, the Davis Cup captain Michael Kohlmann and the local Mara Guth. But lawn-Tennis has simply been, by nature, a fascination all of its own. The lush Green, the white-clad players, the yellow felt balls.