The German tennis doubles Yannick Hanfmann and Dominik Koepfer surprisingly reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open.
The German tennis doubles Yannick Hanfmann and Dominik Koepfer surprisingly reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open. However, the Davis Cup double Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz were eliminated. In the women’s event, Ukrainian qualifier Dajana Jastremska reached the semifinals. The tennis highlight from a German perspective will be the quarter-final duel between Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz (in the ticker from around 10.30 a.m.).
Hanfmann and Koepfer defeated Hugo Nys from Monaco and Jan Zielinski from Poland 6:4, 7:6 (7:3) on Wednesday (January 24, 2024, local time) and continued to present themselves perfectly coordinated in Melbourne despite little shared doubles experience .
Hanfmann: “It clicked”
“It just feels great, it’s a lot of fun. We want to continue like this“, said Koepfer, his partner Hanfmann added: “Things just clicked in our game in these week and a half, we love it and enjoy every second.”
Hanfmann and Koepfer, who were eliminated in the singles in the first round, had already caused a sensation in the second round and surprisingly eliminated the Australian defending champions Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler.
Out for Krawietz/Pütz
The Italians Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, who defeated the German Davis Cup doubles Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz 7:5, 6:4, are now waiting in the fight for the final ticket. Krawietz was eliminated from the mixed doubles on Tuesday alongside his partner Nicole Melichar-Martinez from the USA, as was Laura Siegemund with her Belgian partner Sander Gille.
Qualifier Jastremska in the semi-finals
The Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Jastremska reached the semi-finals in Melbourne. The 23-year-old won against 19-year-old Czech Linda Noskova 6:3, 6:4 and became the first qualifier in 46 years to reach the semi-finals at the Australian Open. Jastremska converted her first match point after 1:19 hours in the Rod Laver Arena and thus completed the greatest success of her tennis career to date.
“It’s nice to make history. In 1978 I wasn’t even born yet“said Jastremska after her confident performance.”It didn’t feel like I played really well. But I’m overjoyed that I’m in the semi-finals.”
In the semifinals on Thursday, Jastremska will face either Russia’s Anna Kalinskaja or Zheng Qinwen from China. The other semi-final will be contested by defending champion Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus and US Open champion Coco Gauff from the USA.
Zverev in the night session against Alcaraz
In the night session, which begins at 9 a.m. German local time with the duel between Kalinskaja and Qinwen, there will be the eagerly awaited quarter-final duel between Germany’s top player Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz.