Australian Open: Eva Lys causes a surprise

Australian Open: Eva Lys causes a surprise

Australian Open
German tennis player is only out – but then comes the surprise


Eva Lys was already sitting on her packed suitcases. Then the tennis player was allowed to play at the Australian Open – and took advantage of her chance.

Eva Lys dropped her racket and covered her face with her hands in disbelief. The tennis player, who slipped into the main draw at the last minute, had just experienced a little tennis fairytale at the Australian Open.

The 23-year-old moved into the second round of the Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne for the first time with a 6:2, 6:2 win against Australian Kimberly Birrell, even though she almost felt like she was on the plane heading home.

“My flight was booked for tomorrow morning,” Lys said. “I found out five minutes before it started that I was going to play the match.”

Australian Open: Eva Lys replaces injured Russian

The Russian Anna Kalinskaja, seeded at number 13, pulled out of the tournament at short notice, so that the Hamburg native moved up as a so-called lucky loser. Lys took her chance in an impressive way. The Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva is waiting in the next round.

“I’m just happy,” said Lys, who played with a permanent smile: “I made mistakes, but I was still happy to be on the pitch. That was definitely the key.”

Cheeky appearance from Hamburg

Lys played cheekily and powerfully against the Australian local hero in the Kia Arena, one of the four large arenas in Melbourne Park. The world ranking 128. took advantage of Birrell’s uncertainty, who had prepared for a game as an underdog against Kalinskaja. “She’s really nervous, I would be that nervous if I were her,” said Lys while walking to the towel.

Lys won the first set with four breaks, and even a toilet break didn’t bring Birrell the focus he had hoped for. Lys continued to act bravely and won the match after just 70 minutes. On the sidelines, national coach Torben Beltz was also amazed at the fantastic performance.

Lys actually narrowly missed out on making it into the main draw in the last qualifying round due to a three-set defeat against the Australian Destanee Aiava.

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