Kirchdorf beat us 9–3, and it took three and a half hours, most of them spent in somebody’s fifth set.

Three rubbers went to five and Kirchdorf won two of them, Kaiser against Brandt and Roth against Riedel.

The hall was as cold as Paul’s away guide promised, and the vending machine still only takes coins. Paul had none. Kirchdorf won the first two doubles before most of us had our jackets off, and the only one we took was Albers and Wendt’s, in five again.

After that Novak beat Busch 3–0 and Brandt beat Wolf, their number one, in four. Wendt had the chance to take Fink to a fifth set and lost the fourth 12–14. Kirchdorf are a better team than us this season, and on Friday they were better in every position but one.

Rubbers

# Kirchdorf Nordtal Sets Result
1 Wolf/Kaiser Brandt/Yilmaz 11–5 11–9 11–3 3–0
2 Roth/Busch Novak/Riedel 12–10 11–4 11–13 13–11 3–1
3 Fink/Arnold Albers/Wendt 11–7 11–7 3–11 10–12 4–11 2–3
4 Kaiser Brandt 7–11 11–5 11–8 7–11 11–5 3–2
5 Wolf Yilmaz 11–13 11–3 11–8 11–5 3–1
6 Busch Novak 3–11 4–11 8–11 0–3
7 Roth Riedel 14–12 11–7 6–11 11–13 11–5 3–2
8 Arnold Albers 11–4 11–6 11–4 3–0
9 Fink Wendt 7–11 11–5 11–3 14–12 3–1
10 Wolf Brandt 7–11 11–8 8–11 6–11 1–3
11 Kaiser Yilmaz 9–11 11–7 11–3 12–10 3–1
12 Roth Novak 9–11 11–8 11–5 11–7 3–1