This was not to be expected. Austria’s tennis women got off to a dream start on clay at the Billie Jean King Cup (Europe-Africa Zone I) in Oeiras. Sinja Kraus, who plays for UTC Fischer Ried in the Bundesliga, had an easy time with a former world number 1.
The world ranking 222nd. had a sensational 6-0, 1-0 lead against Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki (No. 118) before the 33-year-old former Australian Open winner (2018) gave up. Wozniacki called the physio and complained about health problems. It just didn’t work anymore.
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Kraus would later also contribute the decisive point in the doubles alongside Melanie Klaffner from Weyer. The surprise is perfect and the chance of making it into the play-offs has increased.
There is also good news from Monte Carlo: Sebastian Ofner confidently made it into the second round of the Masters 1000 event. The 27-year-old Styrian defeated Daniel Evans (Gbr) 6:1, 6:4 and will now face number five seeded German Alexander Zverev.
“On the whole, it was a good match for me. I’m relatively happy with my performance,” said Ofner on “Sky”: “This win gives me self-confidence, so I’m ready for Zverev. Austria against Germany is certainly interesting .”