Tennis: Angelique Kerber and Eva Lys fail in Stuttgart

The former tennis world ranking learning Angelique Kerber failed at the WTA tournament in Stuttgart in the first round to Anett Contact. Eva Lyss missed the surprise against Ida Swiatek and is also eliminated.

Kerber underlooked the world's lifestyles from Estonia after good start with 6: 3, 4: 6, 4: 6. For the 34-year-old it was the fifth defeat in a row.

Kerber had won her home tournament on Sand 2015 and 2016, 2018 she had also failed in the second round on contact. According to Stuttgart, the three-time Grand Slam winner traveled directly from Kazakhstan, where she had lost its two single in Germany's 1: 3 in the Billie-Jean-King Cup.

The German champion Eva Lys had to give himself clear one day after her first success on the WTA profitour of the world-ranking Iga Swiatek from Poland with 1: 6, 1: 6. "Every minute with a player like her is so much worth a week training," said the 20-year-old Hamburg.

On Tuesday, the qualifier born in Kyiv had thrown the Swiss World Randess Viktorija Golubic in three sets from the competition as a number 342.

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In the evening Laura Siegemund (Metzingen) against the Slovenian Tamara Zidansek engages in the tournament.