Tennis: In the heat of Cincinnati: Seidel missed quarter -finals

Tennis player Ella Seidel missed the next surprise in Cincinnati’s heat. The 20 -year -old Hamburg native lost in the round of 16 of the Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva (25) with 6: 2, 1: 6, 1: 6. Nevertheless, reaching the round of 16 at the Masters tournament is the greatest success of your career so far.

Heat demands their toll

After a clear first set, Seidel had to take a medical break at high temperatures of over 30 degrees in the second round at the time of 1: 4. In the 20-year-old, blood pressure and oxygen content were measured in the blood on the square. Her legs were cooled with ice bags. In the end she clearly lost the sentence 1: 6. The world rankings 124 also found in the third round. No longer to their game and had to give up after almost two hours of play.

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 German starter Laura Siegemund, Eva Lys and Tatjana Maria had previously left.

Zverev leaves in doubles

Alexander Zverev also had to accept a defeat in doubles. The Tokyo Olympic champion was defeated by the top seeded duo Marcelo Arevalo (El Salvador)/Mate Pavic (Croatia) with 2: 6, 6: 7 (3: 7). In the individual competition, the 28-year-old Hamburger is still in the tournament. In the quarter-finals of the hard court tournament, endowed with a total of $ 9.2 million (around 7.9 million euros), Zverev gets it either with the American Ben Shelton or the Czech Jiri Lehecka.