Tennis player Tatjana Maria started her preparation for the US Open with a defeat.
At the WTA tournament in Washington DC, the German number one was defeated on hard court in the first round of the American Taylor Townsend with 4: 6, 5: 7. Maria was the only German in the tournament in the US capital with around $ 1.3 million.
For the 37-year-old it was the third different covering within nine days. On July 13, she lost the final of the lawn challenge in Newport before opening on sand in Hamburg three days later.
The two -time mother from Bad Saulgau did not move to hard court. In the second set, Maria was already 4-0 in front, Townsend, number 97 in the world, but fought back – and used against the world ranking 37. Your first match ball to victory.
The last Grand Slam of the Year in New York begins on August 24th. In Flushing Meadows, Maria has never got beyond the second round.