Hamburg -based Eva Lys continues to cause a sensation in Beijing

Lys prevailed 4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2 against McCartney Kessler and also won the third duel with the American. The world ranking 66. Had to do a hard work against the 27 places. She narrowly lost the first set, then got better and better and converted her first match ball after 2:09 hours.

“I try to hold back my tears. It means so much to me,” said Lys. After the interview on the square, she scribbled “Believe” (belief) on the camera lens – in the sense that she believed in itself and success. The Hamburg native had recently had to fight with physical setbacks again and again: so she had her Rothenbaum participation canceled at short notice and also given up in Cleveland for health reasons.

Now it’s against French Open winner Gauff

For the first time, the Hamburg woman is now in the quarter-finals of a WTA 1,000 tournament. However, there is a high hurdle with the world ranking thirds and French Open winner Coco Gauff (USA). Lys had for the first time conquered a top 10 player a lap against the former Wimbledon winner Jelena Rybakina.

Against Gauff, number three of the ranking, such a coup would be a real exclamation mark. It is the first meeting for both. “That is the reason why I play tennis. It will be a good test for me,” said Lys: “I look forward to finally making it onto the Center Court.”

The top 50 are close

The success series also has an impact on the 23-year-old in the world rankings. Your best placement (No. 55) will exceed you and may even climb into the top 50 for the first time. At the beginning of the year, it was first placed in the top 100 due to the round of 16 at the Australian Open.

At the nine million US dollars, tournament in the Chinese capital is the first German in the quarter-finals in ten years. In 2015, Angelique Kerber was there.

More and more tennis professionals are getting hate comments on the Internet. It is not always the case with threats. The Hamburg native Eva Lys also experience.

Overall, the Hamburg -based two -round game lasted over eight hours. Lys lost to favorite Jasmine Paolini, but is now the German number one.

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