Burgsmuller blow hands Britain victory

Great Britain were handed a victory over Germany in the ARAG ATP World Team Championship when Lars Burgsmuller was forced to retire from the doubles match in Dusseldorf.

Thu, 23 May, 2002 - 08:45

Great Britain were handed a victory over Germany in the ARAG ATP World Team Championship when Lars Burgsmuller was forced to retire from the doubles match in Dusseldorf.

The countries were level after splitting the singles matches before British duo Martin Lee and Miles Maclagan won the first set 6-3 against Burgsmuller and Nicolas Kiefer.

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