Tennis: Match balls deflected: Seidel in the round of 16 of Cincinnati

Tennis player Ella Seidel continued her sensational success run at the last Masters tournament in front of the US Open. The 20 -year -old Hamburg native moved into the round of 16: 4, 2: 6, 7: 6 (8: 6) against the American McCartney Kessler (26) in the round of 16 of Cincinnati and thus celebrated the greatest success of her career so far.

For the world rankings 124. It was only the second win against a top 50 player. In the previous round, Seidel unexpectedly thrown out the American Emma Navarro, which was set to number eight. Her victory in front of the much higher -esteemed Russian Polina Kudermetowa was also a surprise.

In the fight for the quarter-final ticket, Seidel now meets the Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva or the Czech Karolina Muchova. Her great success in Cincinnati is also so surprising because Seidel had injured his right foot during the Wimbledon debut and far from saw himself in top form.

Seidel with luck, nerve strength and good serve

After a nervous start with many forced mistakes, the German caught and did not get the first sentence undeservedly. But after a break of the toilet, Kessler came back much more concentrated and left Seidel little chance in round two.

In the third set, too, Kessler was the somewhat better player. But Seidel was able to rely on her first serve and fought himself in the Tiebreak. There she fended off two match balls nervous and in turn used the first match ball after 2:24 hours.

Zverev strikes up at night

The WTA tournament in the US state of Ohio, endowed with around $ 5.2 million (around 4.5 million euros), is the dress rehearsal for many professionals before the last Grand Slam tournament of the season in New York. The other German starters Laura Siegemund, Eva Lys and Tatjana Maria have already left.

Only Alexander Zverev is there for men. The Tokyo Olympic champion meets the American Brandon Nakashima at the night of German on Wednesday night.