German women dream of US Open main draw

Two German tennis players can continue to dream of the main field of the US Open, for two more it was already over in the quarterfinals of the qualification.

Nastasja Schunk (Ludwigshafen) and Tamara Korpatsch (Hamburg) won on the opening day of the qualification for the last Grand Slam tournament of the year (August 29 to September 11), Anna-Lena Friedsam (Neuwied) and Katharina Gerlach (Essen) failed .

Schunk (19), who had already made it into the main draw at Wimbledon, defeated the American Robin Anderson 7:5, 7:5. Korpatsch (27) had more trouble and defeated the Israeli Lina Glushko 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2.

Friedsam (28) lost against the Romanian Ana Bogdan, who was seeded first in the qualification, 6:3, 3:6, 2:6, Gerlach (24) had against the French Chloe Paquet 7:6 (7:4), 4: 6, 3:6 looking after.

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