Tennis on the women’s tour: Eva Lys surprises with quarter-finals in Beijing

The German tennis player Eva Lys celebrated one of the greatest successes in her career with the quarter -finals in Beijing. The Hamburg native prevailed against the American McCartney Kessler 4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2 and plays for the first time at a WTA 1000 tournament for reaching the semi-finals.

“I try to hold back my tears. It means so much to me,” said Lys. After the interview on the square, she scribbled “Believe” (belief) on the camera lens – in the sense that she believed in itself and success.

In the round of the best eight, however, the 23-year-old faces a difficult task. The Australian Open Finalist meets the two-time Grand Slam tournament winner Coco Gauff from the USA.

The match against the world ranking 39. Kessler was shaped by numerous service losses from the start. After the lost first round, Lys increased and dominated clearly. Kessler did not seem to feel good, let her blood pressure measure and swallowed a tablet.

“I tried to stay concentrated,” said Lys about the opponent’s medical time. “I know I quickly lose concentration. In the first set, she overpowered and then tried to act calmly.

The decisive set began with three breaks, then Lys brought her service for the first time and pulled away. Number 66 in the world also benefited from numerous errors by the American.

Lys previously beat top ten player

In the previous round, Lys surprisingly conquered the former Wimbledon winner Jelena Rybakina from Kazakhstan and thus for the first time a top ten player.

The Hamburg native is the last remaining German player in the field at the event in the Chinese capital. Ella Seidel, Tatjana Maria and Laura Siegemund had already left. The tournament is endowed with almost nine million dollars.