It is the first big highlight in the tennis year: the Australian Open. And this year they are the main focus. But what role do German tennis stars play?
January is Australia Open time – and like every year, the world’s best tennis players fight for the first Grand Slam title of the year. Can Alexander Zverev free himself from his deep form? How does Angelique Kerber present itself? And what are the top stars Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer doing? The Austalian Open in the news blog.
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++ Struff wrests Djokovic a sentence ++
As expected, Jan-Lennard Struff has dropped out of the world number two Novak Djokovic. The Davis Cup player took at least one set from the Serb. After 2:16 hours of play it was 6: 7, 2: 6, 6: 2, 1: 6 from the point of view of the German number two. Defending champion Djokovic, who has triumphed seven times at the Australian Open, faces the winner of the match between Tatsuma Ito (Japan) and Prajnesh Gunneswaran (India) in round two.
++ Kohlschreiber in round 2 ++
Philipp Kohlschreiber won his opening match at the Australian Open of tennis professionals and faces an attractive second round task. The 36-year-old from Augsburg prevailed on rainy Monday in Melbourne against the largely unknown American Marcos Giron 7: 5, 6: 1, 6: 2.
In the second round, the world ranking 79 calls. last year’s semi-finalists Stefanos Tsitsipas out of Greece. Kohlschreiber had won the title in preparation for the Australian Open at a second-class Challenger tournament in Bendigo.
++ 15-year-old Gauff beats Williams ++
As in Wimbledon, tennis teenager Cori Gauff won the generation duel with her idol Venus Williams in her first round of her Australian Open debut. The 15-year-old American won her compatriot 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 in Melbourne on Monday. “I was a little shocked when the tableau came out,” said the youngest player in the peloton after beating the oldest participant: “I was really nervous today.”Cori “Coco” Gauff: The 15-year-old prevailed against Venus Williams. (Source: AP / dpa)
The seven-time Grand Slam tournament winner Venus Williams turns 40 on June 17 and took part in one of the four most important tennis tournaments for the 85th time. Gauff is only contesting her third Grand Slam tournament after the US Open and Wimbledon – and has successfully started the tournament.
++ Federer also wins at the start ++
Roger Federer easily won his opening game at the Australian Open. The 20-time Swiss Grand Slam winner beat Steve Johnson 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in Melbourne on Monday in Melbourne. Due to the rain, the third in the world rankings ended his game under the closed roof of the Rod Laver Arena.
The 38-year-old also had a successful start to 2020 with Federer having traveled to the first sporting highlight of the tennis season without match practice. The six-time Australian Open winner now faces the Serbian Filip Krajinovic or Quentin Halys from France.
++ Görges without problems ++
Julia Görges has also successfully started the Australian Open. The 31-year-old tennis player from Bad Oldesloe dominated her first round game against the Slovakian Viktoria Kuzmova in Melbourne on Monday and clearly won 6: 1, 6: 2. In just 56 minutes, the world ranking 39 ended. their convincing appearance against number 60 in the world.
With 21 degrees, cloudy skies and wind, Görges secured his fifth victory in the sixth duel with Kuzmova. Her next opponent on Wednesday is the Croatian Petra Martic or Christina McHale from the USA. A total of eleven German tennis professionals are in the main field of the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, five women and six men.
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