The first two Germans failed at the Australia Open. Peter Gojowczyk and Tatjana Maria both lost their games in the first round.
Tennis pro Peter Gojowczyk failed in the first round of the Australian Open. The 32-year-old from Munich lost 3: 6, 3: 6, 3: 6 to Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi in his first round match on Monday. Gojowczyk ultimately had no chance and had to face the world number 65 after a playing time of 1:36 hours. give up.
Gojowczyk had recently fought his way up to 87th place in the world rankings and had advanced to the round of 16 as a qualifier at the US Open last year – in Melbourne he was unable to build on his success.
Maria with good performance
For Tatjana Maria (Bad Saulgau), the tournament is already over after the first day. The athlete from Bad Saulgau sold against the US Open semifinalist Maria Sakkari (Greece / No. 5) in the 4: 7, 6: 7 (2: 7) defeat but expensive.
34-year-old Maria was in the peloton in Melbourne because of her Protected Ranking, although she is only ranked 258 in the world. She only returned to the tour in July 2021 after the birth of her second daughter and a break of almost a year.
A total of eight German professionals are in action on the first day of the tournament, including Olympic champion Alexander Zverev (Hamburg) in a duel with compatriot Daniel Altmaier (Kempen) in the night session in the Rod Laver Arena (2nd match after 9:00 a.m. CET/Eurosport) . Three-time Grand Slam winner Angelique Kerber (Kiel) intervenes on Tuesday against Kaia Kanepi (Estonia).
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