Of the five Germans in the main draw, Koepfer is the first to be eliminated. Oscar Otte meets qualifier Mitchell Krueger of the USA, Jan-Lennard Struff plays Pedro Martinez of Spain and Daniel Altmaier takes on qualifier JJ Wolf of the USA. The number two seeded Olympic champion Alexander Zverev has a bye in the first round.
Out for Siegemund too
Laura Siegemund was also eliminated in Florida in the first round. The 34-year-old from Filderstadt lost 6-1, 6-2 against Czech Marie Bouzkova. The day before, Nastasja Schunk had lost 6: 4, 3: 6, 1: 6 to Kazakh Julia Putinzewa.
Angelique Kerber is therefore the only German who is still involved in the Miami Open, which is endowed with around 8.6 million US dollars. After a bye in the first round of the hard court tournament, the German number one meets the former world number one Naomi Osaka. The Japanese won against Astra Sharma of New Zealand 6-3, 6-4.
Source: dpa