The former Australian Open winner Stan Wawrinka loses in Melbourne his second-round match. Also for the German Philipp Kohlschreiber and Laura Siegemund, the first Tennis Grand Slam tournament of the year is finished.
The three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka is still looking for his best form. The 33-year-old Swiss lost in the Australian Open of tennis pros in the second round against the canadian, Milos Raonic of Canada in four sets 7:6 (7:4), 6:7 (6:8), 6:7 (11:13), 6:7 (5:7). Wawrinka had triumphed, 2014 in Melbourne. In addition, he had won the French Open in 2015 and the U.S. Open in 2016.
The Swiss had been operated on in 2017, twice on the knee. Since his return to the tennis tour at the beginning of 2018, the semi-final in St. Petersburg last September, Wawrinka’s best result. At the US Open in New York, he lost in the third round against Raonic, when all the other Major tournaments he flew out early. Currently, the long-time Top-10 player ranked 59 in the world rankings.
Kohlschreiber loses in five sets
The ranks of the German professionals at the Australian Open in broad daylight. For Philipp Kohlschreiber in the second round was end of the line. The 35-Year-old lost to the Portuguese Joao Sousa in 4:20 hours of playtime and numerous rain breaks in five sets with 5:7, 6:4, 6:7 (4:7), 7:5 and 4:6.
In the women’s Laura Siegemund failed in the second round with 3:6 and 4:6 in the Taiwanese Su-Wei from Taiwan Hsieh. Victory mouth was unable to repeat the performance in their surprising first-round success against the former world ranked First Victoria Asarenka from Belarus. “Nevertheless, the tournament was a great success,” said the 30-Year-old. “If the disappointment has set, I will see that it was a big step forward.”
Only Angelique Kerber in Melbourne in round three of the German players. The Wimbledon champion, meets on Friday on the Australian outsider Kimberly Birrell.
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