Tennis: Lys out: French Open for German players over

The French Open are over for Germany’s tennis players before they really start. The last German number one said Eva Lys in Paris in the second round – after a mixed performance at 4: 6, 4: 6 against the Canadian qualifier Victoria Mboko.

“It was certainly not one of my best days on the court today. I didn’t quite find my timing,” said Lys after her bitter defeat. “I was always a little late.”

Altmaier confirms victory against Fritz

Daniel Altmaier did much better. The German number two prevailed against the Czech Vit Kopriva 6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5 and is now dealing with the 21-year-old Serbs Hamad Medjedovic on Friday. Altmaier took 3:32 hours against Kopriva for his success. At the start, he surprisingly eliminated the world ranking-fourth Taylor Fritz from the USA.

Against Kopriva, Altmaier confirmed this success and proved good nerves, especially in the dangerous situations. In the fourth set alone, the 26 -year -old had nine break balls against him, but was able to ward off everyone – including a set ball at the 4: 5 booth. “It was primarily a mental question today. I am very happy about how I dealt with it,” said Altmaier.

Trio already out in round one

The picture among the women was different: Tatjana Maria, Laura Siegemund and Tamara Korpatsch already failed in the first round before Lys. “Of course that’s disappointing,” said the national coach Torben Beltz, which is responsible for women. “We had hoped that Eva made it into the third round. Unfortunately, she didn’t play as well as in the first round.”

There, the 23 -year -old Hamburg native had clearly won the American Peyton Stearns in two sets against number 28 and awakened hopes for a successful course in Stade Roland Garros. But after 1:19 hours she was out of windy and sometimes rainy weather. “You have good and bad days, everyone works like this. Today was a worse for me and she played very well. You just have to accept that,” said Lys.

Lys with problems right from the start

Lys struggled against Mboko right from the start. The 18 -year -old Canadian, who is predicted a great future, played carefully and presented Lys with powerful strokes. Lys himself did not play badly, but the 23-year-old was missing the consistency in her strokes.

After 35 minutes, the first sentence went to the Canadian, who also made a quick break in the second round. Lys broke out against the impending. However, the Hamburg native had big problems getting her service. “Overall, it was too little,” she admitted self -critically.

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, on the other hand, did not bare. The Spaniard won against Fabian Marozsan from Hungary 6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2. The Norwegian Casper Ruud is surprisingly out. The two-time Paris finalist lost to the Portuguese Nuno Borges in four sets. Ruud had to deal with knee problems clearly and had no chance in the last two sentences.