Tennis master
Maria and Lys in Cincinnati in second round – Williams out
Updated on 08.08.2025 – 03:33 amReading time: 1 min.
Eva Lys takes the opening hurdle at the tennis masters in Ohio. Tatjana Maria is still on, but Laura Siegemund is subject to one Russian.
After Eva Lys, Tatjana Maria also moved into the second round at the Masters tournament in Cincinnati. The 38-year-old prevailed in less than an hour and a half with 6: 2, 6: 3 against the American Whitney Osuigwe. Previously, the 23 -year -old Lys had already won her competitive opening match against the American Bernarda Pera 6: 2, 4: 6, 7: 5. After almost exactly two hours, the victory of the world rankings 58 living in Hamburg was. Perfect against number 112 of the ranking.
LYS is dealing with the Madison Keys set to number six in the second round. The American had free time in the first round. Maria will meet Marta Kostyuk from Ukraine next.
Laura Siegemund, on the other hand, left the event in the US state of Ohio in the first round. The Wimbledon quarter-finalist from Metzingen lost to the Russian Anastasia Potapowa, in the world rankings in 47th place and thus seven places in front of the Germans, 4: 6, 4: 6. Venus Williams also missed the move into round two. The former number one in the world rankings had only recently gave her comeback on the WTA tour after more than a year break. She defeated Jessica Bouzas Maneiro from Spain 4: 6, 4: 6.
For the tennis professionals, Cincinnati is the next stop on the way to the US Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year. The highlight of the hard court season takes place from August 24th to September 7th in New York.