Tennis: German trio convinces at the hottest Wimbledon opening

Eva Lys felt “slain”, for Laura Siegemund it was just “brutal hot”. On the warmest opening day of the long Wimbledon story, a German tennis trio defied the temperatures of more than 32 degrees and caught a strong start. Eva Lys, Laura Siegemund and Jan-Lennard Struff have reached the second round for 43 years.

Premiere for Lys in the second Wimbledon tournament

After a hard fight, Lys dropped the racket exhausted and happily. The 23-year-old prevailed in the midday heat with 6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 2 against Chinesin Yuan Yue and thus reached the second round in Wimbledon for the first time in her career.

Subsequently, Siegemund also mastered 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. “It was really demanding and cost a few more grains than usual,” said the experienced Schwäbin.

Like the two women, Struff had to take eighth place and prevailed against the Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic with 6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 3. “It’s good. It’s a bit relief that I won the round,” said the Sauerlander after a weak year at Prime Video. The first defeat for a German professional received Daniel Altmaier 1: 6, 2: 6, 4: 6 against Canadian Gabriel Diallo.

Awarded match balls in the second set

Before Siegemund and Struff did not go over the full distance and thus saved valuable strength, 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 won 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 the player, born in Kyiv, wiggled 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.

Maria and Seidel get on in the tournament

Led by Alexander Zverev, a total of only seven German professionals in Wimbledon are in one – as few as since 1982. Tatjana Maria and qualifier Ella Seidel will also start the tournament on Tuesday. Even then, more than 30 degrees are announced again.