Grand Slam Tournament
Australian Open: Otte, Korpatsch, Lys and Altmaier out
For Oscar Otte, the Australian Open was the end of the line in the first round. photo
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Not a good start to the Australian Open: The German tennis professionals are still waiting for their first win in Melbourne.
Failed start at the Australian Open: In the first four matches with German participation, there was no victory at the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tennis pros Oscar Otte, Daniel Altmaier, Tamara Korpatsch and Eva Lys suffered first-round defeats.
Otte (29) from Cologne was surprisingly defeated by the Chinese qualifier Shang Juncheng 2: 6, 4: 6, 7: 6 (7: 2), 5: 7. The Davis Cup player didn’t get into the match at all against the 17-year-old from the start. “I felt like I was on the pitch like a garbage can and just couldn’t manage to play a reasonable return with my backhand,” said the Davis Cup player.
Despite a strong performance from the third set, Altmaier (24) drew 3: 6, 3: 6, 7: 6 (7: 5), 6: 7 (6: 8) against the American Frances Tiafoe, who was number 16. the shortest. Tiafoe now faces Otte-Besieger Shang in the second round.
The 27-year-old Korpatsch lost 3: 6, 2: 6 against former US Open winner Emma Raducanu from Great Britain. Lys from Hamburg won the first set against the Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa, but lost in the end 6:2, 0:6, 2:6. The 21-year-old, who was in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time thanks to three convincing victories in qualifying, had to have his right wrist treated in the second set.