At Masters tournament in Cincinnati
Match balls repelled-German tennis hope continues to win
12.08.2025 – 9:56 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Ella Seidel succeeds in the next surprise at the top -class tournament in the USA. In the tiebreak it is particularly nerve -wracking. How far can it go for the outsider?
Ella Seidel continued her strong run at the last Masters tournament in front of the US Open. The 20-year-old Hamburg woman in Cincinnati won 6: 4, 2: 6, 7: 6 (8: 6) against the American McCartney Kessler and thus reached the round of 16 at a tournament in this category for the first time in her career. For the world rankings 124. It was only the second win against a player from the top 50.
In the previous round, Seidel surprisingly defeated Emma Navarro from the United States. Her opening success against Polina Kudermetowa from Russia was also a surprise. In the round of 16, Seidel now meets the Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva or the Czech Karolina Muchova. Success in the USA is also unexpected because Seidel had injured her right foot during her Wimbledon debut and did not yet think he was in the best form.
The German started against Kessler nervously and with many forced mistakes, but increased and won the first sentence. After a break of the toilet, the American played much more concentrated in the second round and left little chance. Kessler also had a slight advantages in the third set, but Seidel held against it with a strong serve, forced the tie -break, fended off two match balls there and used her first own after 2:24 hours.
The tournament in the US state of Ohio is endowed with around $ 5.2 million (around 4.5 million euros) and is considered an important preparation for the US Open in New York. Laura Siegemund, Eva Lys and Tatjana Maria have already left. The men’s only Alexander Zverev is in the field. Tokyo’s Olympic champion meets Brandon Nakashima from the USA on Wednesday night.