tennis
Heat victory in Wimbledon: Lys and Siegemund further
In the previous year, Eva Lys was “overwhelmed” by the atmosphere in Wimbledon. Now she makes it better at more than 30 degrees – and makes a premiere. A teammate follows her in the next round.
After a hard fight at 32 degrees, Eva Lys dropped the racket exhausted and happily. The 23-year-old was the first German tennis professional to celebrate a successful start at the classic lawn in Wimbledon. Lys prevailed 6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 2 against Chinese Yuan Yue in the midday heat and thus reached the second round in Wimbledon for the first time in her career.
Subsequently, Laura Siegemund also made her first exam at the Grand Slam tournament in the southwest of London. The 37-year-old defeated the American Peyton Stearns 6: 4, 6-2 in a good two hours. In doing so, she kept cooling her head during the game and neck with ice cream.
Before victory and valuable power saved, Lys left two match balls unused in the lost second set. “It was really difficult to find it back into play, but I am incredibly proud that I did it again,” she said. Lys now meets the Czech Linda Noskova, which is placed at number 30.
“Tiring, incredible weather. It was very, very hard,” said the world ranking 61. On the difficult conditions. “At some point the legs are completely put in the sand. I will have extreme ass muscle soreness tomorrow.”
From the beginning, Lys and Yuan fought long rallies from the baseline. The first game alone lasted nine minutes. Lys lost three games in a row after a 2-0 lead, but still got the first round after 49 minutes.
Lys leaves match balls unused in the second set
In the second set, too, Lys showed the more powerful game and scored significantly more direct points. She had reported in advance when she was first rounded up during her Wimbledon premiere in the main field in the main field in the main field a year ago.
And now, even the player born in Kyiv, wiggling again. She left two match balls unused and had to go to the third round. After treatment on the left knee, Lys made an optimal start and converted the third match ball after 2:27 hours. She reported twice, she reported from the blessing. “If you get up stupid with your knee, it may be a bit irritated. But I don’t think that will bother me the next few days,” said Lys.
Zverev starts the tournament
Led by Alexander Zverev, a total of only seven German professionals in Wimbledon are in one – as few as in 43 years. On Monday, after Lys and Siegemund, three more get on the tournament. Zverev meets the Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech in the third game on the Center Court.
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