On Monday, our tournament participants proved that they do not only know how to handle a racket, but also use cooking utensils with great verve as an august party of players from all around the world gathered at “Plachutta in der Wollzeile”. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN), Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP), Hyeon Chung (KOR), Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER), Feliciano Lopez (ESP), Dennis Novak (AUt) and Sam Querrey (USA) fought – or rather cooked – for the title of best “Schnitzel chef”. After Mario Plachutta had given the players some precious tips the tennis stars went to work, presenting their meals to the jury formed by former world’s number 1 Thomas Muster, ski-racer Michaela Kirchgasser and Ewald Plachutta. The trio finally chose local hero Dennis Novak as the winner who just beat out Spaniard Feliciano Lopez.
