Tennis 2025

[Jerloma]

Both #4 seeds in the AO (Fritz and Paolini) were taken out by the same household (Monfils, Svitolina).

[DaveInSeattle]

I caught a bit of this story last night at the end of her match...

Lucky loser Lys makes history at Australian Open

Eva Lys made history at the Australian Open by becoming the first women's singles lucky loser to reach the fourth round of the tournament in the Open era.

The German, ranked 128th in the world, came from a set down to beat Romania's Jaqueline Cristian 4-6 6-3 6-3.

Earlier this week, Lys had her flight home booked after losing in the final round of qualifying.

But, after being given a spot in the main draw following Anna Kalinskaya's withdrawal, she has won three matches in a row to set up a meeting with world number two Iga Swiatek.

"I don't know when the realisation will kick in," Lys, 23, said.

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Lucky losers are players who lose in qualifying at a tournament but receive a place in the main draw if someone withdraws through injury or illness.

Lys had her bags packed and a flight booked after losing in the final round of qualifying, but a place in the draw opened up when Russia's Kalinskaya pulled out on Monday before her first-round match.

Lys was on site receiving treatment from the physio when the withdrawal was announced and was given 10 minutes' notice before she took to court to face Australian Kimberly Birrell.

[Jerloma]

[degenerasian]

It's nice to be rich

[wlu_lax6]

Amazing...too bad netflix cancelled their tennis show..this could have been fun.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/628220 ... wta-rouen/