Overview
- Paraguayan left-hander Marcelo Aguirre, making his first start of the season, defeated Fan Zhendong 3–1 to draw Werder level.
- Werder’s Mattias Falck missed two match points against Darko Jorgic in the opening rubber, shifting early momentum to Saarbrücken.
- Kirill Gerassimenko won his singles 3–1 to put Bremen ahead 2–1 and set up a tight finish.
- Fan rebounded with a 3–0 sweep of Falck to tie the match at 2–2 and force the doubles decider.
- Gerassimenko and Irvin Bertrand clinched the tie 3–0 over Patrick Franziska and Cedric Meissner, sealing Bremen’s upset victory.