Australian Open: Dennis Novak and Barbara Haas survive first qualifying round
Dennis Novak and Barbara Haas survived the first qualifying round for the Australian Open 2020 on Wednesday. Sebastian Ofner, on the other hand, was eliminated despite the sentence.
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last edit: Jan 15, 2020, 07:58 am
It took Novak just 55 minutes to beat Dustin Brown. The German played his first match since the beginning of July 2019, but lost 3-6, 2-6.
For Novak, who is number one in qualifying, the match against the winner of the game Roberto Ortega-Olmedo against Filip Horansky continues, the first round match was interrupted due to rain in the lead for Ortega-Olmedo.
It took Haas significantly longer to beat Kristina Kucova from Slovakia. After losing the first set, she turned the game and won 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. The Upper Austrian - number 32 - now meets Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove from the Netherlands.
Australian Open: Sebastian Ofner retired
For Ofner, however, the Australian Open 2020 is over. In the first match of the 2020 season, the Styrian Brayden line lost 6: 2, 3: 6, 4: 6 after just over two hours. With this, Ofner misses the leap into the main field of the Australian Open in his third attempt.
Julia Grabher, another ÖTV lady, had already failed in the first qualifying round on Tuesday.
The matches on Wednesday were held late. Again, poor air quality in Melbourne was a problem for players and organizers. Rain started in the evening, which led to a further interruption. A total of 24 matches that were originally scheduled for Wednesday were postponed to Thursday.
The air quality in the Australian metropolis had been so bad on Tuesday that citizens had been asked to stay at home. "Keep windows and doors closed, leave your pets inside," the city wrote on Twitter.
On Wednesday evening (local time) there will be a top-class show event to collect donations for fighting the bushfires. The event with Roger Federer, Dominic Thiem, Serena Williams & Co. can be seen live on Eurosport and Servus TV .