Eva Linz Makes Successful Start At The Linz Tournament, After A Narrow Victory Over Kamilla Rakhimova
After July Wiemar (Dortmund), Eva Lies also reached the round of 16 at the WTA competition in Linz.
The Hamburg native won her preliminary match after 1:47 hours against the Russian Camilla Rakhimova 6: 4, 7: 6 (7: 5).
Her opponent in the next round will be played in the afternoon in between Bernard Era (USA/No. 7) and Alma GAFI (Hungary).
set win after 1: 5
Lies, number 126 in the WTA ranking, was currently 1: 5 in the second set, but then won 5 video games in a row and hence won the tie-break, which resulted in the decision.
On Monday night, Wimbledon quarter-finalist Wiemar had actually currently won the winning against the American Sofia Kevin, in spite of the set deficit, and thus a location in the leading 16.
German quartet at the start
At the tough court competition in Upper Austria endowed with around 240,000 euros, all four German players stay represented.
Tamara Korpatsch (Hamburg) is needed in the night versus Donna Vedic, which was set to number five, Anna-Lena Friedman (Need) joins the tournament on Wednesday.