The Australian Open is over for Alexander Zverev, huge task for Andrea Petkovic”>Philipp Kohlschreiber – and how. Eleven of the initially twelve German participants are out of the Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne. The focus is solely on Alexander Zverev.
German hopes at the Australian Open are now resting solely on Olympic champion Alexander Zverev: Philipp Kohlschreiber was the penultimate German tennis professional in the individual competitions on Thursday in Melbourne. The 38-year-old experienced a violent second-round defeat against the Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, who was 15th, with a score of 1: 6, 0: 6, 3: 6.
Kohlschreiber had a weak day and had no chance. After only 1:28 hours of play, the former top 20 player, now number 134 in the world, had to congratulate the Spaniard Bautista Agut. 44 unforced errors by the oldest player left in the men’s field were far too many against the consistent Spaniard. In the first round, Kohlschreiber won in three sets against Italian Marco Cecchinato 6: 4, 7: 5, 7: 6 (7: 0).
Struff and Koepfer celebrate success in doubles
From the initially twelve German tennis professionals – nine men and three women – only Zverev is represented in the field of the first Grand Slam tournament of the season. The third in the world rankings from Hamburg meets Radu Albot from Moldova as the clear favorite on Friday. In Australia, the 24-year-old is aiming for his first Grand Slam title.
After all, there was a German success in doubles. The Davis Cup players Jan-Lennard Struff and Dominik Koepfer prevailed 6: 3, 6: 3 against the Serbs Filip Krajinović and Matej Sabanov. In singles, Struff had already finished in round one, and Koepfer in round two. In the women’s category, neither Angelique Kerber nor Andrea Petković nor Tatjana Maria survived their first-round task.
