Tragic When-From in Melbourne

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Tragic When-From in Melbourne

What a Drama! Anna-Lena When stood just before the entry into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open. But then came her body is no longer with. The men must favorite Djokovic over a Five-set Thriller to go.

She swore, she wept, she screamed, but at the bitter end of their memorable battle limped Anna-Lena When with tears of disappointment and pain in the eyes to the net. The fairy-tale triumph in Melbourne ended for the shooting star in a nightmare. Plagued by cramps missed the world number 82. When the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, although her 7:6 (8:6), 1:6, 5:7 against Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland/No. 4) is only two points, to the great surprise coup had been.

“I think, without the problems I would have grabbed it. I am very disappointed, but also proud of my performance,” said When, after during the 2:32-hour Match in the Hisense Arena before dramatic scenes played had. After a splendid performance, had the 21-Year-old against WTA world champion Radwanska with 5:2 in the third set, led before the pain came. “I was a little bit panicked, because I never had cramps,” told When. They did not know how to handle it.

Whoever creates’s – Kerber or Beck?

A medical time-out after nine Games was their first Association in the thighs and salt served. In the final phase was When then hardly move. They served more or less out of the booth and cried out in pain several times out loud. Because the German champion is not fast enough to hit, you got two penalties missed, and was suddenly 5:6 behind. “It was really an extraordinary Situation,” said When.

A German Viertelfinalistin it will be the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, but anyway: On Monday morning local time, stand in a direct duel Angelique Kerber (Kiel/no. 7) and Annika Beck from Bonn, Germany. “This is already a great success, but the tournament is not yet to end,” said Germany coach Barbara Rittner during the nomination for the Fed Cup game against Switzerland on 6./7. February in Leipzig, now the personnel are spoilt for choice.

Djokovic with a lot of effort

To a first Favoritenduell it comes in the quarter-finals of the women. There are topgesetzte Serena Williams (USA) and Maria Sharapova from Russia. For the men, defending champion Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open last sixteen From only with very much effort to avert. The world ranking First from Serbia rank on Sunday in Melbourne, the Frenchman Gilles Simon in a nail-biting game with 6:3, 6:7 (1:7), 6:4, 4:6, 6:3 down.

Djokovic, in the past year, three of the four Grand Slam tournaments, had won, it turned to 4:32 hours on his third match point. The protege of Boris Becker hits now on Kei Nishikori. The Japanese had at 6:4, 6:2, 6:4 against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga significantly less effort. In the first round, Nishikori, Philipp Kohlschreiber off.

Also Grand-Slam record winner Roger Federer is in the quarter-finals. The Position of three-seeded Swiss needed for the 6:2, 6:1, 6:4 against David Goffin (Belgium/no. 15) is only 88 minutes. In the next round hits, the 34-year-old Federer on the
Czech Tomas Berdych (No. 6), Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain)
with 4:6, 6:4, 6:3, 1:6, 6:3 off.

sw/to (dpa, sid)