Bencic and Golubic also win
Stricker turns an incredible game – now Tsitsipas is waiting
The qualifier Dominic Stricker (ATP 200) achieved a fine success at the lawn tournament in Stuttgart. The Bernese beat a top 70 player at the start.
Published: 2:25 p.m
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Updated: 2:57 p.m
Dominic Stricker (19) defeated the tall American Maxime Cressy (ATP 62, 1.98 meters) in the first round 6: 7, 7: 6, 7: 6.
The Swiss left-hander uses the chance that his opponent sees himself too early in the second round once morest the top seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas (23, ATP 5). Cressy only has to serve the victory home when Stricker gets two breakballs in what is supposed to be the last game, saves himself in the tie-break and uses the momentum there to equalize the set. In the third round, Cressy misses four break points and is promptly penalized. Again he is subject to the short decision.
A year ago, Stricker advanced to the quarter-finals in Stuttgart. In order to confirm this effort, he now has to throw Tsitsipas, a top ten player, out of the tournament.
Bencic in the round of 16
Belinda Bencic (25, WTA 17) and Viktorija Golubic (29, WTA 55) start the grass season with a win. Bencic beat American Madison Brengle 6-4, 6-3 in ‘s-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.
Bencic never gets in serious trouble once morest Brengle (WTA 56) following starting the game with eight points won in a row. After 82 minutes, the Olympic champion uses her second match point and now meets the Russian Anna Kalinskaja (WTA 86) in the round of 16.
Raducanu has once morest Golubic
Golubic benefits from Emma Raducanu’s (19, WTA 11) job in Nottingham and only has to play seven games. The Zurich player turns a 1: 3 into a 4: 3. Then the 19-year-old British US Open winner Raducanu gives up. For Golubic, who will lose her world ranking points from last year’s quarter-finals following Wimbledon, success once morest the eleventh in the world rankings is just right.
In the next round, Golubic faces another Brit, Heather Watson (WTA 102). The 30-year-old beat Golubic on the Birmingham lawn a year ago. (SDA)
