Three pack with x – nix: Philipp Kohlschreiber strove, but at the US Open against Kei Nishikori lost. Only the third set was tight. The tournament goes on without a German single player.
He had made a lot of. He knew his opponent well, and he had proved in the Match against Alexander Zverev before that he can be a tactical bastard. But now Kohlschreiber (article image) was for the German tennis Pro Philipp Terminus at the US Open in New York. Against the Japanese favourite Kei Nishikori Kohlschreiber 3:6, 2:6, 5:7 lost. It was nothing with the hoped-for quarter-finals.
A not-so-good performance
The World-Ranked 34. from Kitzbühel almost two sets needed, until he found in the game, and its significant error rate reduced. The Japanese, on the other hand, a not so good performance was enough to keep the Germans at about 30 degrees Celsius in New York temperature and high humidity in check.
Chic, but still drenched in sweat: winner Kei Nishikori in muted colors
Only in the third set, it was Kohlschreiber, to bring his opponent a little in distress. The 34-year-old went into the lead. But the German, in his career, with all the good beats and talent blessed, weakened and “scattered” went again and again, so relatively easy balls. A slight miss for that forehand volley into the net at the 2:2 was significant for the Match. Although Kohlschreiber tried, and a residue to the 5:5 caught up – it was not his best day.
Thus, the last German single player is eliminated at the US Open. From the point of view of the DTB-Delegation, whose top executives Barbara Rittner and Boris Becker were working at the same time, as commentators for the Germany transmitting station “Eurosport”, there were already better tournaments in 2018. But a nice side-effect of the defeat in Tennis is this: After the tournament is before the (next) tournament.
Cibulkova also excreted
“Nole” cheers: Djokovic in the quarter-finals
The Serb Novak Djokovic who is one of the tournament favourites, moved with a clear 6:3, 6:4, 6:3 against the Portuguese Joao Sousa in the quarter-finals. In the case of women has adopted in the meantime, the Conqueror of Angelique Kerber, the Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova in the fourth round. Cibulkova lost against the American Madison Keys very significantly, namely 6:1, 6:3. In addition, the young Japanese woman, Naomi Osaka (20) beat the Russian Aryna Sabalenka (26) white with 6:3, 2:6, 6:4.
ml/rb (dpa, SID, Eurosport)